With the rapid development of wireless network technology, Wi-Fi chipset plays a crucial role in wireless communication equipment. Qualcomm, as a leading semiconductor and telecommunications equipment manufacturer, has introduced a number of high-performance Wi-Fi SoCs (system-on-chip), of which IPQ5332 and IPQ8072 are two products that have attracted much attention. This paper will discuss in detail the differences between IPQ5332 and IPQ8072 in technical specifications, application scenarios and performance.
### Chip architecture
**IPQ5332** and **IPQ8072** are both based on the ARM architecture, but differ in the number and type of processor cores:
- **IPQ5332** : Uses a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor with a maximum frequency of 1.8GHz. The Cortex-A53 is a high performance processor based on the ARMv8-A architecture for mid-to-high end networking devices.
- **IPQ8072** : Uses a hybrid architecture of quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 and quad-core ARM Cortex-