Is T-Mobile 5G slower than Verizon?

T-Mobile’s median 5G download speeds were similar to 4G speeds, with the fastest in Chicago at a mere 34 Mbps, and slower than Verizon’s 4G LTE across all five cities .

T-Mobile offers the fastest wireless upload and download speeds of any major network . We sampled tens of thousands of wireless users and T-Mobile averages a 32.7 Mbps download speed and 12.9 Mbps upload speed. Verizon, on the other hand, averages a 32.2 Mbps download speed and 10.0 Mbps upload speed.

T-Mobile has the best 5G network with its 53.79% nationwide coverage. You’ll find AT&T (29.52%) and Verizon (12.77%) fall far behind that number.