CompTIA A+ vs Network+ Difficulty

Readers who took A+ first pass Network+ on the first attempt at roughly 78 percent. Readers who took Network+ first and later attempted A+ pass both A+ exams on the first attempt at roughly 72 percent. [...] On A+: "The sheer volume of topics was the hardest part. Each individual concept is easy, but there are so many you have to track that I needed notes just to organize my notes." On Network+: "Subnetting destroyed me during my first practice exam. After daily drills for two weeks, it became automatic. The exam felt much more manageable." On both: "Performance-based questions are nothing like the multiple-choice questions. I wish I had spent more time on PBQs during my practice sessions."