TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
What separates them
These two differ on 5 recorded specifications. The Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE is $49.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — wi-fi 6 access point against managed poe switch — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
TP-Link
TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point
$149.99
A 2.5 GbE uplink is what separates this from the gigabit access points around it -- the radios can genuinely exceed 1 Gbps, and on a gigabit port that headroom is thrown away.
Full details →Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
$199.00
Sixteen gigabit ports, but only eight deliver PoE and they share a 45 W budget between them -- that is the number that decides whether this switch fits, not the port count.
Full details →Who the TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point is for
Buy it if: Sites that already have 2.5 GbE switching and want the radios to use it.
Avoid it if: Anyone on an 802.3af-only switch, which cannot supply enough power.
Who the Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE is for
Buy it if: A small office running up to eight access points that wants one silent switch and the UniFi controller.
Avoid it if: Anyone powering cameras or door controllers as well, who needs a larger PoE budget rather than more ports.
Specifications, side by side
5 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point | Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $149.99 | $199.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 171 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $29 at $0.17 per kWh | About 480 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $82 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Management | Omada cloud, software or OC200 hardware controller | UniFi Network controller, self-hosted or Cloud Key |
| Mounting | Ceiling or wall, bracket included | Desktop or wall mount, no rack ears supplied |
| Rated power | About 19.5 W maximum | About 7 W with no PoE load, 55 W fully loaded |
| Warranty | 5-year limited warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Cooling | not published | Fanless, silent |
| Input voltage | not published | 100 to 240 V AC, external power supply |
| PoE budget | not published | 45 W total across all PoE ports |
| PoE standards | not published | 802.3af and 802.3at |
| Port count | not published | 16 x Gigabit Ethernet, 8 with PoE+ |
| Power method | 802.3at PoE | not published |
| Radio configuration | 4x4 at 5 GHz, 2x2 at 2.4 GHz | not published |
| Rated throughput | 574 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 4,804 Mbps at 5 GHz | not published |
| Switching capacity | not published | 32 Gbps non-blocking |
| Uplink port | 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| Wireless standard | Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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