New gigabit subscriber looking for router options

Unless you actually have a purpose for maxing out a 1Gb line regularly I would not worry about a 2.5Gb port/router unless future proofing. I am a heavy user, lots of devices, many people, etc, and I still have not worried about even running 2.5Gb as its simply not needed.

I'd say focus on what is important to you - be it range, WiFi 6/6E, mesh or similar, take a look at expert reviews or similar based on what you want.

They get away with it as they call it 'GigaFAST'...and then state 900mb average download speeds...so you could get more, but covers them too.