Buyer Guide: Huawei 5G CPE Pro vs. Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2

Meela
4 min readMar 10, 2020

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Huawei just released Huawei 5G CPE pro, this fist 5G device, last year, but recently, it released the new generation, Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2.

Which is better?

Today, I will introduce the differences between Huawei 5G CPE Pro and Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2.

1. Appearance is similar, but Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 is smaller.

Huawei 5G CPE Pro: 99 mm x 107 mm x 215 mm

Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2: 90 mm x 96.6 mm x 178 mm

Compared to 1st generation, the 2nd generation can save more space at your home.

2. Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 provides faster speed.

Built with the Balong 5000 chipset, supporting carrier aggregation, the theoretical peak download speed of Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 is doubled, reaching up to 3.6 Gbps. It means you can download HD videos in seconds.

However, Huawei 5G CPE Pro only enables up to 2.3 Gbps of download speeds.

3. Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 is shipped with WiFi 6.

Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 is a WiFi 6 device. With Wi-Fi 6, the speed of HUAWEI 5G CPE Pro 2 increases by 150%, boosted to 2976 Mbps on dual bands. Its Gigahome Wi-Fi 6 chipset, supporting Chipset Synergy, also allows Huawei Wi-Fi 5-enabled phones to take full advantage of 160 MHz wide frequency bandwidth.

4. Different Specifications.

This table shows you the specifications of Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 and Huawei 5G CPE Pro.

5. Price, of course, the new generation is higher.

The price of Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 is $369, while the Huawei 5G CPE Pro is only $239. If you have more budget, I recommend you to buy a new generation, after all, it provides more powerful functions.

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  1. Huawei 5G CPE Pro H112–370:

Speed: 5G: 1.65Gbps/ 250Mbps; 4G: 1.6Gbps/ 150Mbps

Wi-Fi 6: Yes

CPU: Balong 5000

Support 5G Bands: n78

4G LTE: B1/3/5/7/8/18/19/20/28/32/34/38/39/40/41/42/43

2. Huawei 5G CPE Win H312–371:

Speed: 5G: 1.65Gbps/ 250Mbps; 4G: 1.6Gbps/ 150Mbps

Wi-Fi 6: No

CPU: Balong 5000

Support 5G Bands: n41/ n77/ n78/ n79

4G LTE: B1/3/5/7/8/18/19/20/28/32/34/38/39/40/41/42/43

3. Huawei 5G Mobile WiFi E6878–870:

Speed: 5G: 1.65Gbps/ 250Mbps, 4G: 300Mbps/ 75Mbps

Wi-Fi 6: No

CPU: Balong 5000

Support 5G Bands: n41/ n77/ n78/ n79

4G LTE: LTE FDD: B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20, B28, B32; LTE TDD: B34, B38, B39, B40, B41, B42

4. Huawei 5G Mobile WiFi Pro E6878–370:

Speed: 5G: 1.65Gbps/ 250Mbp, 4G: 300Mbps/ 75Mbps

Wi-Fi 6: No

CPU: Balong 5000

Support 5G Bands: n41/ n77/ n78/ n79

4G LTE: LTE FDD: B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20, B28, B32; LTE TDD: B34, B38, B39, B40, B41, B42

5. ZTE 5G CPE Indoor WiFi MC801:

Speed: 5G: 2.8Gbps

Wi-Fi 6: Yes

CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon X50

Support 5G Bands: n41/ n77/ n78/ n79

4G LTE: Global FDD and TDD, 600MHz~3.8GHz, CAT20

6. ZTE 5G CPE MC801A WiFi 6 Router:

Speed: 5G: 4.6Gbps

Wi-Fi 6: Yes

CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon X55

Support 5G Bands: 5G: Sub6G; FDD: n1/ 2/ 3/ 5/ 7/ 8/ 12/ 20/ 28/ 66/ 71; TDD: n77/ 78/ 79/ 41

4G LTE: Global FDD and TDD, 600MHz~3.8GHz, CAT22

7. OPPO 5G CPE T1:

Speed: 5G: 5G: NSA 4.1Gbps/ 660Mbps; SA 2.1Gbps/ 900Mbps; 4G: 2.0Gbps/ 210Mbps

Wi-Fi 6: Yes

CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon X55

Support 5G Bands: n1/ n41/ n78/ n79

4G LTE: FDD-LTE: B1/3/5/8/28; TDD-LTE: B34/38/39/40/41

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A Review of Huawei 5G CPE Pro

Review: ZTE MC801 5G Indoor WiFi Router

5G WiFi router: Huawei 5G CPE Pro vs. ZTE MC801

Review: Huawei 5G Mobile WiFi

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