Linksys EA7500 vs Linksys EA9500 (AC5400)

The Linksys EA7500 managed to impress reviewers from two reliable and unbiased sources that conduct their own hands-on testing, namely nerdtechy.com and realgear.net. It performed great in their roundups - it earned the "Ranked 1 out of 4" title from nerdtechy.com and "Ranked 2 out of 5" from realgear.net, which makes it a product worthy of consideration.

Moving on to the Linksys EA9500 (AC5400): it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like Expert Reviews, Technically Well, TechSpot, hardwarezone.com.sg, PCmag, and CNET, enough for them to include them on those lists.

We analyzed all of the review data that we could find on these two Wi-Fi Routers. First, we examined sources that tested and scored both of these products - Digitaltrends favored the Linksys EA9500 (AC5400) over the Linksys EA7500, whereas reviewers at hardwarezone.com.sg and PCmag haven't shown a preference for either.

Then we took a look at which sources liked them the most - we found that the Linksys EA7500 was best received by TechGearLab - it gave it a score of 9, whereas the Linksys EA9500 (AC5400) got its highest score of 10 from reviewers at Expert Reviews.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Wi-Fi Routers on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Wi-Fi Routers being 7.4 out of 10, whereas the Linksys EA7500 and Linksys EA9500 (AC5400) managed averages of 8.1 and 8.8 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Linksys EA7500 vs. Linksys EA9500 (AC5400) comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.