Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE vs Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE is $100.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — managed poe switch against wi-fi 6 access point — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE vs Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point
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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.
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Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point
$99.00
The advertised 3 Gbps is both radios added together, which no single client ever sees -- a laptop on the 5 GHz radio negotiates up to 2,402 Mbps and gets rather less through a wall.
Full details →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.
Who the Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point is for
Buy it if: Offices replacing consumer routers with managed access points, where client count matters more than peak speed.
Avoid it if: High-density halls and anyone who needs the uplink to carry more than a gigabit.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE | Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199.00 | $99.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 480 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $82 at $0.17 per kWh | About 83 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $14 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Mounting | Desktop or wall mount, no rack ears supplied | Ceiling or wall, bracket included |
| Rated power | About 7 W with no PoE load, 55 W fully loaded | About 9.5 W maximum |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Concurrent clients | not published | About 300 stated, far fewer at usable throughput |
| Cooling | Fanless, silent | not published |
| Input voltage | 100 to 240 V AC, external power supply | not published |
| Management | UniFi Network controller, self-hosted or Cloud Key | not published |
| PoE budget | 45 W total across all PoE ports | not published |
| PoE standards | 802.3af and 802.3at | not published |
| Port count | 16 x Gigabit Ethernet, 8 with PoE+ | not published |
| Power method | not published | 802.3af PoE, no injector supplied |
| Radio configuration | not published | 2x2 MIMO on both bands |
| Rated throughput | not published | 573.5 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 2,402 Mbps at 5 GHz |
| Switching capacity | 32 Gbps non-blocking | not published |
| Uplink port | not published | 1 x Gigabit Ethernet |
| Wireless standard | not published | Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax |
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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