Opensignal, a company specializing in measuring mobile network performance across the US, found that the launch of C-Band 5G and the continued expansion of other mid-band 5G has pushed the average performance of the fifth-generation network protocol past public Wi-Fi in the US.
In the new report, Opensignal analyzed mobile game performance and average download speeds for public Wi-Fi, 4G, and both mid-band and mmWave 5G.
Asking users to grade their mobile gaming performance on each network technology using a 100-point scale, the measurement company found that mmWave 5G provided, by far, the best rating of any technology with a score of 81.8 out of 100. However, mid-band 5G -- which is typically somewhat slower than mmWave, but provides a much greater range -- still beat out public Wi-Fi networks with a score of 74.5 versus public Wi-Fi's rating of 72.
This performance survey focused on mobile gamers playing titles that Opensignal called "real-time multiplayer" games, such as PUBG, Fortnite, Arena of Valor, and several sports titles.