Netgear Nighthawk CM1200 vs Netgear Nighthawk CAX80

The Netgear Nighthawk CM1200 and Netgear Nighthawk CAX80 make for very strong choices and are great Cable Modems for their respective $167 and $440 asking prices. Depending on how much you're willing to spend, either of these options will serve you well.

The reviewers at MakeUseOf have featured the Netgear Nighthawk CM1200 in their The 7 Best Cable Modems roundup. However, it fell short of making it to the top of their list.

Moving on to the Netgear Nighthawk CAX80: it was loved by Popular Mechanics and xbitlabs.com - two reliable sources that conduct their own in-depth testing. In fact, it was named "Best Splurge" and "Ranked 3 out of 7" in their respective roundups, which points to it being a product worthy of consideration.

We also wanted to do a direct Netgear Nighthawk CM1200 vs. Netgear Nighthawk CAX80 review performance comparison, but we, unfortunately, weren't able to find any Netgear Nighthawk CM1200 review scores.

Finally, we compared the Netgear Nighthawk CAX80 to other Cable Modems on the market and found that it did much better than its competitors - its review average of 8.9 out of 10 points is considerably higher than the 7.2 review average of Cable Modems in general.