Realtek Ameba IoT SoC Selection Guide: Wi-Fi 6 & Bluetooth Chips for Smart Devices
Ameba IoT wireless solutions, featuring high integration, stable performance, low power consumption, and enhanced security
Realtek Ameba IoT SoC Series - Leading Wi-Fi & Bluetooth SoC Solutions
Realtek IoT delivers industry-leading Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3 SoC solutions through Ameba SoC Series. Our Realtek IoT chips integrate high-performance Arm® Cortex®-A32/M, RISC-V and HiFi DSP, supporting dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3 dual-mode, Matter protocol, and enterprise-grade TrustZone security. With native support for Zephyr RTOS and Arduino development environments, Realtek IoT solutions are ideal for smart home, industrial automation, Edge AI, and multimedia applications, offering ultra-low power consumption, LE Audio with Auracast™, and rich peripheral interfaces including MIPI-DSI, USB 2.0, Ethernet, SDIO, UART, I2C, SPI and so on.
Realtek Ameba IoT SoC series offers unmatched development flexibility for MCU and embedded system designers. Our product portfolio covers the full range of needs: from ultra-low power smart control and professional audio processing, to Linux-supported high-performance applications, as well as intelligent vision and camera solutions. Each series combines ultra-low power consumption, real-time processing, advanced digital signal processing, and robust hardware security.
Beyond standard IoT features like peripheral interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, USB), secure boot, and AES/SHA hardware encryption, Realtek Ameba SoCs include specialized capabilities: R-MESH networking for extended coverage, Wi-Fi CSI sensing for environmental awareness, HMI touch displays for smart interfaces, audio ADC/DAC for sound processing, SDIO/SD/eMMC host for storage expansion, Ethernet for wired connectivity, and Controller Area Network (CAN) for industrial and automotive applications.
Use the interactive chip selection tool below to find a suitable SoC for your project requirements.
Quick filter · Precise match
If you want to select a chip based on more detailed functional modules and the number of interfaces, please use:
Select via Features
| Features | Filter | RTL8720F | RTL8721F | RTL8721Dx | RTL8720E | RTL8710E | RTL8726E | RTL8713E | RTL8730E | RTL872xD | RTL8735B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Processor |
Cortex-M | Cortex-M | Cortex-M | Cortex-M | Cortex-M | Cortex-M | Cortex-M | Cortex-A | Cortex-M | Cortex-M | |
| DSP | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | |
| ISP | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | |
| Arm TrustZone | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | |
| Dual Band | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | |
| Wi-Fi 6 | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| R-MESH | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| Ultra-low Power | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | |
| Ethernet | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| BT Dual Mode | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| HMI | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| Audio ADC | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Audio DAC | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| SDIO Host | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| SD/EMMC Host | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | |
| USB | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | |
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BT Dedicated Antenna |
N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | |
| CAN | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
Select via Wi-Fi
| Features | Filter | RTL8720F | RTL8721F | RTL8721Dx | RTL8720E | RTL8710E | RTL8726E | RTL8713E | RTL8730E | RTL872xD | RTL8735B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 2.4GHz | 2.4GHz/5GHz | 2.4GHz/5GHz | 2.4GHz | 2.4GHz | 2.4GHz | 2.4GHz | 2.4GHz/5GHz | 2.4GHz/5GHz | 2.4GHz/5GHz | |
| Bandwidth | 20MHz | 20MHz | 40MHz | 20MHz | 20MHz | 20MHz | 20MHz | 20MHz | 40MHz | 20MHz | |
| Maximum PHY rate | 114.7Mbps | 114.7Mbps | 150Mbps | 114.7Mbps | 114.7Mbps | 114.7Mbps | 114.7Mbps | 114.7Mbps | 150Mbps | 72Mbps | |
| 802.11a | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | |
| 802.11ax (Wi-Fi6) | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| 802.11b/g/n | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| 802.11e/i/w/d/k/v/r | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| WMM/WPA1~3/WPS/ 802.1X/EAP |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| UL LDPC | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| DL STBC | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Auto Antenna Diversity | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| CSI | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| MCC | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| R-MESH | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| Wi-Fi Card Mode | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | |
| P2P/NAN | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| TWT | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
Select via Bluetooth
| Features | Filter | RTL8720F | RTL8721F | RTL8721Dx | RTL8720E | RTL8710E | RTL8726E | RTL8713E | RTL8730E | RTL872xD | RTL8735B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth Mode | Bluetooth LE | Bluetooth LE | Bluetooth LE | Bluetooth LE | Bluetooth LE | Bluetooth Dual Mode | Bluetooth Dual Mode | Bluetooth Dual Mode | Bluetooth LE | Bluetooth LE | |
| Bluetooth BR/EDR | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| LE Audio | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | |
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Dedicated antenna for Bluetooth |
N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | |
| Scatternet | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| LE 2Mpbs PHY | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| LE Long Range | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | |
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LE Advertising Extensions |
Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | |
| Periodic Advertising | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| Periodic Advertising Sync Transfer |
N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
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Direction Finding (AoA/AoD) |
N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
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LE Isochronous Channels (CIS/BIS) |
N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | |
| LE Power Control | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| SIG Mesh | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | |
| High-Power Mode | Y | Y | TBD | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
