# Difference between USRP RIO and Ettus USRP X310

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**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [February 24, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-usrp-rio-and-ettus-usrp-x310/234331 "2015-02-24T18:14:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-usrp-rio-and-ettus-usrp-x310/234331/1 "2015-02-24T18:14:47Z")

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I am planning to test some of my physical layer algorithms on SDR.  
I compared these two USRPs , though Ettus is part of NI now and features  
of  
these devices are almost same, still there is huge variation almost  
double  
in price which I am not able to justify!

What are additional benfits of NI USRP RIO over X310?

Jay

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**Author:** ![Jay\_Prakash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jay\_Prakash](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jay_Prakash)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/difference-between-usrp-rio-and-ettus-usrp-x310/234331/2 "2015-02-24T19:30:39Z")

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Jay,

The USRP RIO is an X310 with 2 daughterboards included. That covers  
part  
of the price difference. The USRP RIO also includes some LabVIEW  
software  
and local support from NI people in your country. If you intend to use  
GNU  
Radio, you are probably better off getting the Ettus R. version.

Matt

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Jay Prakash  
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