A Practical Performance Comparison Between 802.11n and 802.11ac Standards
Table 1:
| Standard | Channel Width (MHz) | CPU (%) | Bandwidth (Mbit/s) |
| 802.11N 2.4Ghz | 20 | 14 | 64.6 |
| 40 | 18 | 116 | |
| 802.11N 5Ghz | 20 | 32 | 134 |
| 40 | 43 | 176 | |
| 80 | 60 | 234 | |
| 802.11AC | 20 | 50 | 216 |
| 40 | 60 | 234 | |
| 80 | 60 | 238 |