arista 7050X 7050QX-32S vs cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7050QX-32S is a compact 1U 40GbE datacenter spine and aggregation switch delivering 32 ports of QSFP+ alongside 4 ports of 10GbE SFP+. The Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 is a compact 1U datacenter spine and leaf switch delivering 36 ports of wire-speed 40G/100G QSFP28.
| arista 7050X 7050QX-32S | cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | cisco |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Oct 2013 | Jun 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Ports | 32x 40GbE QSFP+ and 4x 10GbE SFP+ ports | 36x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports (each supports 4x 10G or 4x 25G breakout) |
| Switching capacity | 2.56 Tbps / 1.44 Bpps forwarding capacity | 7.2 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth |
| Latency | Cut-through latency from 550 nanoseconds | — |
| Breakout density | Supports up to 132 ports of 10GbE using breakout cables | — |
| Management | Arista CloudVision, Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), and eAPI | — |
| Forwarding rate | — | Over 2.8 Bpps |
| Encryption | — | Hardware MACsec-256 encryption across all 36 ports |
| Modes | — | NX-OS standalone spine/leaf or ACI fabric spine/leaf |
| Cooling power | — | Hot-swappable dual power supplies and N+1 redundant fan modules |
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