with MediaTek MT7988A according to a reddit post.
Comparison with the MT6000 (GL.iNet Flint 2)
The GL.iNet Flint 2 (GL-MT6000) uses the MediaTek MT7986A (Filogic 830), a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 running at 2.0 GHz.
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Performance difference: The MediaTek MT7988A (Cortex-A73 cores) is significantly more powerful than the MT7986A (Cortex-A53 cores). Even though the clock speed of the MT7988A may be slightly lower (1.8 GHz vs. 2.0 GHz), the more modern Cortex-A73 architecture delivers an estimated 40% to over 60% higher instructions-per-clock (IPC) performance compared to the A53 cores in the MT6000.
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Network performance: The MT7988A (Filogic 880) is designed as a platform for next-generation Wi-Fi 7 devices, supporting far higher throughput (up to 36 Gbps PHY) than the Flint 2 with Wi-Fi 6.
Summary:
The MT7988A is a next-generation, enterprise-class CPU that significantly outperforms the MT7986A in the GL-MT6000 in terms of raw processing power and tunneling capabilities (VPN/VLAN).