The processors and network stack in both can support that. I’d lean more towards the netgear for ease of use and available power. 1Gbps speeds is dependant on many things running an ovpn client (or wireguard or whatever flavor) over whatever ISP and wherever they are at.
But if the OP wants to move past purpose built routers, working with arm Linux builds and messing around, any cheap laptop with a halfway modern intel cpu will suffice.
If you OC
Stock clock gets you pretty close enough 
Results (10 runs)
Min: 806Mbps
Max: 857Mbps
Avg: 829 Mbps
Linked results from my post ^ -
As already mentioned, x86, RPi, etc.
Since OP said router and AP.
I’m guessing he’s fine with two devices.
How about a used Sophos 135w? Quad-core Atom running at 2.40 GHz, actively cooled…
Rpi4 all day long
There is already PCIE 2.5G NIC for Pi5
lol I would be in a similar situation, need it to be easy to use/access…openwrt is installed as part of the overall router software right? Wondering what the advantage is with installing openwrt over the version installed?
No, the Archer C7 v5 is simply too weak, a single core QCA9563 definitely can’t give 1Gbps Wireguard encryption speed, even Quad core ARMv8 RPi 4 can’t do this.
But for all-in-one router, those MT7986AV based like Asus TUF-AX4200/6000 or GLINET Flint 2 can provide close to 900Mbps which might be good alternative
“If you OC”, then why not “if you pick another solution”
There are really many better solutions nowadays, even the MT7986AV based router like Asus TUF-AX6000, GLINET Flint 2 are capable to do 900Mbps Wireguard and 2x2.5GbE, also tons of cheap x86 mini PC like N100 one that comes with dual or more 2.5GbE ports and it can saturate 2.5Gbps Wireguard speed. At the date you wrote your guide it was a very nice solution, but not really good for now.
A pi can’t do more than a gig lol unless you’re adding more ports to it. An x86 could pretty easily
Would much rather have a NanoPi (R4S, R5S, or R6S) than that. They have 2 ethernet phys. Not putting my network through a usb adapter.
Ha touché. Maybe I should play with the few I hoarded.
Sepearting the WAN and LAN would be a good practice. Still a great cheap solution if using the 2GB or 4G. version with the extra adapter, sdcard, adapter, and cheap case. the only negative would be the lack of wifi power and antenna options (which can be fixed by adding a cheap wireless AP to the network on basic firmware lol)
So it’s a version of OpenWRT with a skin on it. The downside is its older and when I used it I had some stability issues which is actually what pushed me to load stock openwrt on it. Changing takes about 5 minutes.
Hey man, do you know any routers that have 6ghz wifi? I want to get the GLINET Flint 2 but sadly it only goes up to 5ghz. Most of my devices can handle 6ghz so if I’m using a mobile device, I want to be able to get the max speed possible.
Been rocks solid for years for me on many installations
I use it on my wan side, and my one network averages 1.5tb -2tb a month
But I would say it’s better to choose NanoPi R4S, already coming with 2 NICs, no USB NIC, very nice metal casing and also with about 800Mbps Wireguard throughput.
Oh awesome thanks so much for all the info! I’ll give it a go at installing,
I had one previously setup but unless you add a 2.5gig nic to it somehow you can’t do better than a gig. Also all those results show about the same speed as the flint 2 I mentioned 