| DEEC | DDEEC | EDEEC | BEENISH |
| Distributed Energy Efficient Clustering Protocol | Developed Distributed Energy Efficient Clustering Protocol | Enhanced Distributed Energy Efficient Clustering Protocol | Balanced Energy Efficient Network Integrated Super Heterogeneous Protocol |
| Nodes are classified into two types as normal nodes and advanced nodes | Nodes are classified into two types as normal nodes and advanced nodes | Nodes are classified into three types as Normal nodes, advanced nodes, super nodes. | Nodes are classified into four types as normal nodes, advanced nodes, super nodes, ultra super nodes |
| Advanced nodes are selected as CH | Advanced nodes are selected as CH | Super nodes are selected as CH | Ultra super nodes are selected as CH |
| First nodes dies very early | When compared with DEEC, the first node dies in DDEEC is somewhat better. | The time taken by the first node die for the EDEEC protocol is less compared with DDEC protocol | First nodes very late when compared with other heterogeneous protocol |
| The life time of the DEEC is less when compared with DDEEC protocol | The life time of the DDEEC is less when compared with EDEEC protocol | The life time of the EDEEC is less when compared with BEENISH protocol | Extended lifetime among all heterogeneous protocols |
| The efficiency of DEEC is less when compared with DDEEC | The efficiency of DDEEC is less when compared with EDEEC | The efficiency of EDEEC is more when compared with DDEEC | Most efficient heterogeneous clustering protocol |
| The number of packets sent to the BS is between 2 × 105 to 2.5 × 105 | The number of packets sent to the BS is between 1 × 105 to 1.5 × 105 | The number of packets sent to the BS is between 2 × 105 to 2.5 × 105 | The number of packets sent to the BS is between 4 × 105 to 4.5 × 105 |
| Good stability (based on the death of first node ) | Good stability (based on the death of first node) | Better stability (based on the death of first node) | Best stability (based on the death of first node) |