Intel has already launched its first Wi-Fi 7 controllers and adapters, which will be available in various forms this year. Intel has listed two Wi-Fi 7 network cards on its official website: BE200 and BE202.

Both network cards support 2×2 TX / RX streams, support 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz, with a maximum network speed of up to 5Gbps (Wi-Fi 7 has a theoretical maximum throughput of 46 Gbps), even compared to Intel’s official website W-iFi 7 standard The claimed maximum data rate of 5.8 Gbps is still a bit off, but it’s on par with previous demonstrations.

For comparison, Intel’s current AX210 Wi-Fi 6E wireless card is capable of speeds of up to 2.4Gbps, and the AX411 is capable of 3Gbps.

In terms of differences, the two products seem to differ in frequency bands. BE202 has an additional (160MHz) annotation in its 6GHz band support. Additionally, Intel claims that the BE200 is pre-certified for Wi-Fi 7, while the BE202 is not.

It is noticed that Intel’s BE200 and BE202 both support PCIe and USB interfaces and can be used in desktop motherboards and laptops.

As @momomo_us points out, the upcoming Gigabyte Aorus Z790 Master X motherboard (PCB version 1.2) will come with the BE200 network card pre-installed. Meanwhile, other versions will use Qualcomm’s Wi-Fi 7 QCNCM865 (PCB version 1.0) and MediaTek’s Wi-Fi 7 MT7927, RZ738 (PCB version 1.1) network cards.

Of course, to take advantage of Wi-Fi 7, users also need to use Wi-Fi 7-compatible routers and APs, but most routers currently do not support the 6GHz band.

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Wi-Fi 7 6GHz

As a comparison, Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz band speed is only up to 2.5Gbps, Wi-Fi 6E 5GHz band is only able to run to 1Gbps, Wi-Fi 7 is 2 times and 5 times of them respectively.

Meanwhile, the interoperability test between Intel and Broadcom will help develop related products for the official Wi-Fi Alliance certification test platform, and there is hope that the future will bring more than 10Gbps speed for global consumers and enterprises.

Wi-Fi 6  5GHz

Wi-Fi 6E 6GHz

With higher speeds, lower latency, improved reliability, and greater capacity for the wireless experience of the next decade, Wi-Fi 7 leverages new features, including a wider 320 MHz channel in the unlicensed 6 GHz spectrum, higher-order 4K QAM digital signal modulation and demodulation technology, concurrent connectivity across multiple frequency bands through multi-link operation, and improved channel utilization through multiple resource unit perforation (MRU). The Wi-Fi 7’s deterministic operation supports

The deterministic operation of Wi-Fi 7 supports new product categories, including augmented and virtual reality, 16K UHD resolution media streaming, ultra-fast responsive and reliable gaming experiences, and networking of a large number of devices at home or in the office.

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The Wi-Fi 7 cross-vendor demonstration was described as being faster than 5Gbps and based on Core laptops + Broadcom Wi-Fi 7 access points.

Vijay Nagarajan, vice president of Broadcom’s Wireless Connectivity Division, said, “Today’s milestone sends a clear message that the ecosystem is ready for Wi-Fi 7 to bring extraordinary capacity and amazing speeds here, further extending gigabit broadband.”

Intel said Wi-Fi 7 delivers higher speeds, lower latency, higher reliability and greater capacity, including 320MHz channel bandwidth in unlicensed 6GHz spectrum (double the speed), 4K QAM orthogonal amplitude modulation (20 percent faster), multi-link operation MLO (improved throughput, link robustness, roaming, interference mitigation and reduced latency) and improved channel utilization through multiple resource units (MRUs) and perforation.

The Wi-Fi 7 standard has not yet been finalized and its product solution is only a half-baked solution based on the features defined in the IEEE P802.11be draft amendment. Intel allegedly plans to launch Wi-Fi 7 certified products in accordance with the Wi-Fi Alliance certification schedule (2023-2024 timeframe)

In August, Intel mentioned that it was developing Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) chips in order to obtain Alliance certification as soon as possible, which will be installed in PC products such as notebooks in 2024 and become mainstream in 2025.

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