I am wanting to get an AsiaRF MT7916 NPD mini pcie card but there might be a possible lack of power on the mini pcie port.
The only card mentioned as an example on radxas site is the DR900VX which is the lowest power consuming card I came across. It seems like Radxa designed this board to only support this one specific card that has low power but they have not made this clear on any wiki or their website.
Below is the info I have on cards that are actually practical for use as a dual band wireless router in 2025. All of these chipsets should support DBDC but the specific models below might not.
I’m trying to figure out which cards will actually work on this board without issue that are WiFi 6 or greater. It’s a toss between the BPI-R3 Mini and this board. This board offers a possible WiFi upgrade path and a much better case but the BPI has a stable WiFi 6E chip already.
Qualcomm Cards
WiFi 5 QCA9880 (2x2) - DR600VX - 5W (1.51A) - LINK
WiFi 5 QCA9880 (3x3) - DR900VX - 5W (1.51A) - LINK - The one on the wiki
WiFi 6E QCN9074 (4x4) - DR9074E - 15W (4.54A) - LINK
Mediatek Cards
WiFi 5 MT7615 (1.7Gbps) - AW7615-NP1 - Power consumption unknown - LINK
WiFi 6 MT7915 (2x2) - DR7915 - Power Consumption unknown - LINK
WiFi 6 MT7915 (1.8Gbps) - AW7915-NPD-2X - 9W (3A) (Recommended 2.5-3A) - LINK
WiFi 6E MT7916 (3.0Gbps) - AW7916-NPD - 8W (2.42A) (Recommended 3-3.5A) - LINK
WiFi 7 MT7990 (3.6Gbps) - AW7990-NPD - 11.5W (3.48A) - LINK