5G vs 5GHz

Opensignal’s latest analysis demonstrates that 5G greatly improves the real-world speeds that users experience. And, even more significantly, 5G offers faster average download speeds than Wifi in seven out of eight leading 5G countries.

They have the same name and share similar technology, but they are not the same thing . To break it down simply, “5G Wifi” technically called 5GHz (gigahertz) is a frequency band and 5G cellular refers to the word “generation.” Wifi has two frequencies, 2.4 GHz and 5GHz.28 Nis 2021

According to a new report by OpenSignal, cellular network speeds have gotten faster and often greater than average Wi-Fi speeds . In 33 countries, smartphone users now experience faster average download speeds using a mobile (cellular) network than using Wi-Fi.

5GHz Wi-Fi has more available channels and can typically run much faster , but it has somewhat shorter range than 2.4GHz. If you can use 5GHz Wi-Fi at home, you probably should.7 Oca 2019