Abstract

H3C commissioned Tolly to benchmark a range of models in its Wi-Fi 7 product family. H3C’s Wi-Fi 7 access point portfolio is positioned as a broad family of enterprise wireless platforms designed for high throughput, low latency, and deployment flexibility across a range of indoor and outdoor scenarios. In this Tolly evaluation, engineers tested multiple current H3C Wi-Fi 7 models, including the WA7220-HI, WA7232, WA7320, WA7320i, WA7320XE, WA7322H-HI, WA7330i, WA7330X, WA7338-HI, WA7539, WA7630X, and WA7638, with one Wi-Fi 6 AP, the WA6520-SI, included for reference. Testing covered single-user throughput, full-AP aggregate performance, multi-user performance, long-distance operation, video streaming capacity, MLO behavior, user capacity, flexible radio switching, and a range of platform features.  

Single-user performance results were strong across the product line. Using a Wi-Fi 7 phone with 2x2:2 MIMO, Tolly measured up to 4.6Gbps downstream TCP throughput on 6GHz radios with 320MHz channels for 10GE-equipped models, while the 2.5GE models WA7220-HI and WA7322H-HI reached about 2.35Gbps. At 5GHz with 160MHz channels, most tested models delivered roughly 2.2Gbps to 2.4Gbps, and 2.4GHz radio throughput generally ranged around 540Mbps to 580Mbps. The highest reported 6GHz single-radio results were 4,604Mbps for the WA7539, 4,600Mbps for the WA7638, and 4,594Mbps for the WA7630X.  

When all radios were used simultaneously, the higher-end tri-radio models produced especially strong aggregate results. In a 6GHz + 5GHz + 2.4GHz configuration, the WA7539 reached 7,437Mbps, the WA7638 reached 7,268Mbps, and the WA7630X reached 7,198Mbps. Among dual-radio models, the WA7320XE reached 4,723Mbps in a 6GHz + 2.4GHz configuration and 4,708Mbps in a 6GHz + 5GHz configuration, showing particularly high aggregate efficiency for a dual-radio design.  

Tolly also evaluated performance under denser client conditions. For tri-radio APs with up to 150 total users, throughput ranged from 921Mbps to 1,163Mbps, with the WA7630X posting the highest 5GHz + 5GHz + 2.4GHz result and the WA7539 reaching 1,075Mbps in a 6GHz + 5GHz + 2.4GHz setup. Dual-radio APs with 60 to 70 users delivered total throughput from 759Mbps to 910Mbps depending on model and band combination. In live video streaming tests, tri-radio models such as the WA7630X and WA7638 supported 150 simultaneous users streaming smoothly, while dual-radio Wi-Fi 7 models generally supported 81 to 106 users, compared with 50 for the Wi-Fi 6 WA6520-SI.  

The report also highlights advanced Wi-Fi 7 capabilities. MLO testing showed very high single-user throughput across combined bands, with the WA7630X and WA7638 reaching 4,512Mbps and 4,509Mbps respectively on 6GHz + 5GHz using 160MHz + 160MHz channels. User-capacity validation showed support for up to 1,536 associated clients on several tri-radio models and up to 1,024 on several dual-radio units. H3C also validated flexible radio switching, Anchor AC mode, AP power-save operation, MACsec, IPv4/IPv6 dual stack, 802.11r fast roaming on 6GHz, application identification including QUIC-based applications, URL filtering in cloud AP mode, Bluetooth and IoT integration, USB expansion, and dual PoE input with power redundancy on the WA7638. Overall, the report presents H3C’s Wi-Fi 7 portfolio as a high-performance and feature-rich WLAN platform with meaningful scale, configurability, and service capabilities across multiple deployment classes.  

Products tested:

• WA7220-HI — Dual-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP with 5GHz/6GHz flexible radio switching and 2.5GbE uplink, designed for compact enterprise deployments.  
• WA7232 — Tri-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP with flexible 5GHz/6GHz operation, aimed at high-performance multi-radio indoor wireless coverage.  
• WA7320 — Dual-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP for standard enterprise indoor use, supporting flexible 5GHz/6GHz radio operation.  
• WA7320i — Dual-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP with added radio-band flexibility, supporting both 5GHz/6GHz and 2.4GHz/5GHz switching.  
• WA7320XE — Dual-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP with flexible dual-band switching and higher aggregate performance for demanding enterprise environments.  
• WA7322H-HI — Dual-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP with 2.5GbE uplink and flexible 5GHz/6GHz radio support for space-sensitive deployments.  
• WA7330i — Tri-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP built for dense client environments and multi-radio enterprise wireless service.  
• WA7330X — Tri-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP designed for high-capacity enterprise deployments with strong all-radio and MLO performance.  
• WA7338-HI — Tri-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP with flexible radio switching on both radio 1 and radio 3, suited to adaptable multi-band deployments.  
• WA7539 — High-performance tri-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP delivering some of the strongest aggregate throughput results in the test.  
• WA7630X — Flagship tri-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP for very high throughput, large user counts, and demanding indoor or campus scenarios.  
• WA7638 — High-end tri-radio Wi-Fi 7 AP with strong aggregate and MLO performance, plus dual PoE input for power redundancy.  
• WA6520-SI — Wi-Fi 6 AP included as a comparison baseline against the newer Wi-Fi 7 models.