I personally don't think it matters, hardware-wise. What you need to look at is your internet speed subscription and wireless router that affects the speed performance more than wireless adapters. These adapters rely only on the signal they get.
2x2 means that it uses two wireless channels at the same time, meaning potentially twice the data transfer speed of a 1x1. Whether you will find that a benefit in practice depends of the download speed your ISP provides. With the fastest WiFi in the world you'll still be limited to the speed you ISP provides data to you.
Qualcomm DW1810 is 150Mbps or single street WiFi 5
AX210/AX211 are actually WiFi 6E and not the same family. AX201 is a CNVi version of the AX200 and does not have it's own processor but instead uses the CPU.
What I actually meant was any of the Intel "AX" models where the 1st digit after the "AX" part is a "2", so yeah, the AX211 also meets this description. The question of whether to go for WiFi 6 or WiFi 6E is relevant only if the OP needs/wants to consider upgrading to WiFi 6E, which would part be dependent on price differences and availability I would guess, but the price of modern WiFi 6E routers and APs can be expected to further decline as time goes by, and newer WiFi 6E routers and APs with more interesting added features can also be expected to come out, so my reference to the AX210 was just a small hint in a sloppy attempt of mine to convey that message. As for the CNVio2 thing, I found a discussion thread on another forum that sheds some light on the subject of what's the difference: what's the diff between AX200 and.AX201?
It's similar to a modem in the old days. the 1 at the end usually means CNVI and uses the CPU for a lot of things while the one that ends in 0 is the one that does 100% of everything. The 6E models also includes Killer Networking technology as it was the first product made after Intel bought out Rivet. No one really has the specs on the AX211 or the AX310, AX410 with the later two only mentioned in the drivers.
Nah. What you are referring to here is called a "software modem". The idea behind this was that a part of the modem's physical hardware could be replaced with a software component that, just like any other piece of software, took up a certain amount of RAM space in order for the CPU to be able to run it, thereby it would slow the performance of other software tasks, as RAM was scarce and the CPU needed to run this additional software that would otherwise have been implemented in the modem's hardware, so more workload had to go to the CPU that could have been avoided by spending more money to buy a better modem.
Here's the corrected link that points to the post that you mention:@hdmi - Your explanation is better than mines as it's kind of hard to find a good analogy. Maybe it's not as bad as a software modem or a winmodem but it's still not as good as one where it's independent of the CPU which is why it's better to go with external modems as those have a actual CPU and also ofcourse those were analog so those also benefitted from the 16550 UARTs which were not available with internal modems.
An former retired Intel employee explained a few weeks ago in their community forums:
Differences between Intel AX211 vs AX210 WiFi 6E/Bluetooth v5.2
Does anyone know what the differences are between the two models as I noticed the AX211 mentioned in the wireless drivers as a supported model. Thanks!community.intel.com
when I asked the same thing and basically even wired ethernet had the PHY only that relied on the CPU or PHY with the hardware so it's independent of the CPU. The only thing is how does one know if they have a CNVI vs a non-CNVI system because I was told that CNVI is not very common. I haven't paid attention to things in-depth like I did prior to 2009 so when I mean old days, I am really talking about the old days when there were Telebit PEP Trailblazer, USR HST modems, Concord v32, Hayes v96. I guess the Intel Gigabit NICs that were part of the motherboards during the Pentium 4C were also directly connected to the chipset itself, that was the reason the 3Com NICs were not as fast because it didn't connect to the PCH directly.
I am curious, how long ago did these modern laptops came out that even had CNVi on it because if you look at even the Intel specs that were submitted to the FCC for example on the AX211, there is no mention of CNVi anywhere in what was submitted and they tested on a Dell Latitude E5470 which is 2018 and earlier. I mean even my Dell XPS 15 9570 using the Core i7 i8750H which came out in 2019 does not have CNVi which is newer than their test model. What I am saying is since these cards can only be bought online, how does one know if they have a CNVi system or not? When I search online, it seems to say the i8750H supports CNVi. It also seems there are some people who have AX200's in their Latitude E5470s without problems even though it's supposed to be a CNVi system.
On desktops CNVio was introduced with the launch of Gemini Lake in Q4 2017, whereas on mobile AFAIK it was introduced with the launch of Coffee Lake mobile chipsets (QM370, HM370, CM246) in Q2 2018. As for CNVio2, it was introduced on desktop with Comet Lake and on mobile with Ice Lake, and the AX201.NGW (VPro) and AX201.NGW.NV (non vPro) cards came out in Q2 2019. I suspect that most systems that support CNVi are sold with the WiFi card already installed. So, if the differentiation isn't clear from the specs, then the system manufacturer is the one to blame. I.e., shoot @ Dell.
Yes but as you know, Killer 1535 cards which does not have Killer or Rivet mentioned anywhere on the card itself would sync no surf multiple times a day and those are Wireless AC cards so people will replace it with a Intel which means either another AC card or one of the 6/6E cards like in my case which would fix that problem. How do you know if you actually have a VPro or non VPro card as both the AX201.NGW and AX201.NGW.NV cards only have AX201.NGW printed on the card, same case with the AX210NGW and AX210NGW.nv cards as the cards from CDW are sold as AX210NGW.nv but the labels on the cards says AX210NGW for example. There are some threads out there that says that a AX200 is guaranteed to work in any system whether it's CNVi or not while a AX201 will only work in a CNVi system, so not sure if the first one is correct from what you said ofcourse the AX200 already has the stuff on-board so it wouldn't depend on the bus for it.On desktops CNVio was introduced with the launch of Gemini Lake in Q4 2017, whereas on mobile AFAIK it was introduced with the launch of Coffee Lake mobile chipsets (QM370, HM370, CM246) in Q2 2018. As for CNVio2, it was introduced on desktop with Comet Lake and on mobile with Ice Lake, and the AX201.NGW (VPro) and AX201.NGW.NV (non vPro) cards came out in Q2 2019. I suspect that most systems that support CNVi are sold with the WiFi card already installed. So, if the differentiation isn't clear from the specs, then the system manufacturer is the one to blame. I.e., shoot @ Dell.
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Yes but as you know, Killer 1535 cards which does not have Killer or Rivet mentioned anywhere on the card itself would sync no surf multiple times a day and those are Wireless AC cards so people will replace it with a Intel which means either another AC card or one of the 6/6E cards like in my case which would fix that problem. How do you know if you actually have a VPro or non VPro card as both the AX201.NGW and AX201.NGW.NV cards only have AX201.NGW printed on the card, same case with the AX210NGW and AX210NGW.nv cards as the cards from CDW are sold as AX210NGW.nv but the labels on the cards says AX210NGW for example. There are some threads out there that says that a AX200 is guaranteed to work in any system whether it's CNVi or not while a AX201 will only work in a CNVi system, so not sure if the first one is correct from what you said ofcourse the AX200 already has the stuff on-board so it wouldn't depend on the bus for it.
But seems like #2 in post #1 in this thread seems to say the AX200 can work in some systems with CNVi:
Upgrading laptops with CNVio WiFi adapters (eg Intel AC 9560) to newer Intel WiFi 6 (AX200) WiFi 6e (AX210) WiFi 7 (BE200) cards
To save everyone time I have summarised the conclusion we came to in the thread. Summary updated 24th November 2023. The AX201 (CNVIO2) can only work with Intel 10th Generation CPUs or newer! The PCIe cards (in title) can work with some CNVIo laptops, it depends if the manufacturer included PCIe ...
