With its strong Wi-Fi performance and great features, the FritzBox 5590 Fibre wins the test. If you want even faster Wi-Fi with Wifi 7, go for the 5690 Pro - and enjoy the additional ZigBee radio, which allows you to connect and control more smart home devices. In return, you have to accept compromises in terms of telephone and USB connections...

The top FritzBox 7590, 6690 and 5590 routers are suitable for large flats and houses thanks to their powerful WLAN. With their wide range of functions, they can cope with almost all requirements. The affordable 7530 AX, 6660 and 5530 offer sufficient performance for smaller households...

The top routersFritzBox7590, 6690 and 5590 are suitable for large flats and houses thanks to their strong WLAN.With their wide range of functions, they can meet almost all requirements. For smaller households, the inexpensive 7530 AX, 6660 and 5530 offer enough power.

... In the test lab, the Fritzbox 5530 Fiber shows the maximum data throughputs that can be expected from its WLAN configuration. We measured a maximum of 698 Mbit/s in the 5 GHz band and 434 Mbit/s in the 2.4 GHz band. However, the data rates decrease relatively quickly with increasing attenuation (and thus greater simulated distance to the WLAN client) on 5 GHz...

The Fritz Box 5530 Fiber is a mid-range device for a top connection. Although it is suitable for the fastest and most reliable internet connections, it is weak in some areas. Compared to AVM's top models, for example, the WLAN range is quite low.