| 1 | Full Form | MAC Address basically stands for Media Access Control Address. | And IP Address bascially stands for Internet Protocol Address. |
| 2 | Size | MAC Address is six byte hexadecimal address | On the other hand IP Address is either 4 byte or 8 byte address(IPv4,IPv6). |
| 3 | Protocol Name | We can retrive device attached with MAC Address is ARP Protocol | We can retrive device attached with IP Address is RARP Protocol |
| 4 | Service Provider | NIC Card manufactureer basically provides the MAC Address | Here Internet Service provider provides the IP Address |
| 5 | Why Used | It is used to ensure the physical address of the computer | And IP Address is say as logical address of computer. |
| 6 | Layer | MAC Address generally operates in data link layer | IP Address basically operates in network layer. |
| 7 | Search | We cannot find MAC Adress easily when we say about the third party | We can easily found the IP Address when we say about the third party |
| 8 | Helps | Here MAC Address help us to identify the device easily | And IP Address helps to identifies the connection of the device on network. |
| 9 | Update | Mac Address of computer cannot be changed with time and environment.
| And IP Address can we modified with time and environment. |