CAT 8 vs CAT 5E - Ethernet Speed Test

This video is comparing speeds of CAT 5E and CAT 8 ethernet cables. Ethernet cables are a great way to speed up your network! If you want to know which cable is the fastest or has the best value, you're in the right place! Summary at the end shows which cable to use in which scenario.

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Timeline
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Testing Setup
1:22 LAN Speed Test
2:10 Internet Speed Test
2:57 Summary results
3:14 Pricing Comparision
3:29 Conclusion

[TheTechNie]

This video is comparing speeds of CAT 5E and CAT 8 ethernet cables. Ethernet cables are a great way to speed up your network! If you want to know which cable is the fastest or has the best value, you're in the right place! Summary at the end shows which cable to use in which scenario.
Testing was done using the Iperf tool for a Lan and SpeedTest for Internet.
Watch till the end and find out which Ethernet cable is the best value for your money and which one to use for Gaming.

[Just_Another_IT_Guy]

Thanks for this. I noticed it took about 5 seconds to hit 930 mbps on the speed test with Cat5e. On the Cat8 test, it took 3 seconds. While a minor increase, overall on an total network at home it can speed things up.

[ElMalito]

Cat7 and Cat7a RULES!

Edit: Clearly Cat 8 is the true winner. Cat 8 will always be superior because of it's additional aluminum shelding for the twisted pairs, additional aluminum shielding around all the twisted pairs and the PVC shielding on top of the aluminum shielding. These layers will provide a noticeable difference especially if you are running the ethernet cable through areas where electromagnetic interference is a given. Yes folks Quantum Tunneling and Crosstalk is a very very very real thing. I learned that the hardway.

Cheers 🍻

[conquistador]

Good comparison, didn't know that CAT5E could go up to 2.5 GBps.

[bobulatorul]

What you need to do is a proper test of CAT6 vs CAT6A. CAT6 is rated for 1GBps and CAT6A is rated for 10GBps both at 100m length. However CAT6 apparently can do 10GBps up to 30 to 50 meters. The real question (and test to do) is whether CAT 6 does indeed offer 10 Gbps up to 30/50m!!!! ….and how does the speed of CAT 6 degrade every 10 meters to 100m (I.e. can you get higher than 1GBps at 100m?). Now That is a proper test to run!!!

[kennethlowrey]

I don't disagree about using cat 6 for new wiring, however it really doesn't matter. Cat5e is simply good enough. I doubt you will ever see any real world benefit for the extra dollars spent on cat6. However, considering the tiny cost I would probably got with cat6

[mattpioletti]

wired our entire business with a mixture of cat 8 and cats 7A and customers can I be happier

[kennethlowrey]

The lesson here is cat5e is good enough for 99% of use cases.

[CyberToast]

we bought a router because our factory sky modem struggled anything over 4 wireless connections, i had a cat5e hanging about and didnt think much as i didnt know much about ethernet speeds buti soon found out if i wanted to download through the new wireless router the speed and connection was awful, i bought a cat8 and its as if im using the factory modems wifi, i know multiple wires and general radio interference would of been somthing but since going cat8 even if it is over kill it definately has made a differnce in my downloads and PING, both cables are 5m long so lenght wasnt the bad factor in that respect

[ncsouthernguy]

I did a cat 5e test on a 5 ft cable and got 31 mbps. Then I switched it out for a 3ft cat 8 cable from Monoprice. I got 34mbps off of their equipment. I will switch to my router/modem combo and see if it rates any higher.

[AzraelIgnis]

My home is setup for 10gb speeds. Asus GT-11000 pro > TP-LINK TL-SX1008 ( 8 port 10g/5g/2.5g/1g) > D-LInk DMS-106xt (10g uplink, 5-port 2.5gb lan > GT6 Mesh wifi (2.5gb uplink). I have Cat 8 on the important runs to my 10gb switch and everything else is either 2.5gb or 1gb using cat 6a. I have about 15 devices total and then a 10g uplink NAS. My mobo only supports 2.5gb and no room to install a 10g nic. I was saturating my previous network that's why I upgraded to the Asus pro router which has a 2ghz processor and 256MB NAND flash and 1GB DDR4 RAM. Going 10g gives me a lot more head room to grow and this router handles traffic much better than before.

[JayzBeerz]

Most people only have a 1Gb port so a Cat 5e will be perfect.

[Superdeep]

I have an on going problem.. I don't know if other people have this problem with BT.. I paid for 300mb download speeds.. I was only getting 70-100mb.. so I upgraded to 900mb speeds now i'm only getting 300-500mb... been on the phone to them multiple times.. had engineers out to visit.. still they tell me there isn't a problem with my line... wondering if i need to upgrade my cables?

[rat-a-tatranch]

How about an iperf test of 5gbps AND 10Gbps one Cat5e, 40' and 100' run w/dropped packets/retrans packet tests of these, and REAL max speed of 10Gbps over Cat5e at these lengths?

[wandameadows]

You need to understand the ratings system & what the differences are in each rating. Ethernet Category (referred to as Cat) is the specific standard used by manufacturers when constructing Ethernet cable. It defines how a category of cable should perform over a defined maximum distance. 100 feet is nothing & that's why most homes will have 5 or 6 installed but in large buildings you have thousands of feet of cable being ran. The ratings aren't about getting higher speeds over short distances, they are designed to maintain signal strength over longer distances. For me its about cable strength & longevity which is what you get with higher rated cable.

[Dejan_Unlimited]

Cool, Exactly what I was looking for. So you are saying my Cat5E will support 2.5GB Internet ? I was planning upgrade to Cat 6 or 7 because even with 3 GB my highest speed is 1gb ! Strange, but will try to figure out where is the problem, any solutions ?

[AAPSG]

The difference is not just speed, it's also SHEILDING & CROSSTALK reduction

[luxmanraiden]

Most of the rest im using cat6 & never changed yet cuz wifi home speed just 500mbps😂

[Ryan-jxvh]

Cat 6a does that mean it is shielded? Does that matter? Thx

[Emtbtoday]

I got 2 new cat 8s today to replace the horrendous cat5E and loosing 300mbps! I only get 400 if that from gigabyte speed Internet so was hoping it was just the cable but think thats just lead me to cooked router or box fitted in cupboard!