Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro vs TP-Link Deco BE77

The Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro is the overall pick, winning on stronger owner reception and a longer 3-year warranty against the Deco's 2 years. It is a quad-band Wi-Fi 7 gaming router with two 6 GHz radios and a roughly 30 Gbps ceiling. The TP-Link Deco BE77 is the more affordable option and a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh system that is easier to expand across a large home.

Form factor and spectrum. The Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro is a single quad-band gaming router with two 6 GHz radios and a roughly 30 Gbps rating, while the TP-Link Deco BE77 is a tri-band mesh system (BE17000) with one 6 GHz band that you expand by adding nodes for whole-home coverage.

The Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro, with seven ports including two 10G and four 2.5G connections, LAN link aggregation and multi-WAN failover. The TP-Link Deco BE77 has three ports per unit: one 10G combo port, one 2.5G and one Gigabit, which is generous for a mesh node but fewer than the Asus.

The TP-Link Deco BE77 includes a built-in speed test in its Deco app, while the Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro does not offer one. Both support MLO, separate guest and IoT networks, and a full VPN suite including WireGuard.

Buy the Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro if you want one high-powered gaming router with quad-band Wi-Fi 7, heavy multi-gig wiring and gaming tools. Choose the TP-Link Deco BE77 if seamless whole-home coverage from an expandable tri-band mesh system, with easy app setup, matters more than a single flagship box.