Arista 7050X 7050SX3-48YC8 vs Dell PowerSwitch Z9664F-ON
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7050SX3-48YC8 is a modern 1U top-of-rack datacenter switch built on the Broadcom Trident 3 switching engine. The Dell PowerSwitch Z9664F-ON is an ultra-dense 2U open networking spine switch delivering an astonishing 51.2 Tbps of non-blocking throughput across 64 400GbE QSFP-DD ports.
| Arista 7050X 7050SX3-48YC8 | Dell PowerSwitch Z9664F-ON | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Arista | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Aug 2018 | May 2023 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 2U switch |
| Downlink ports | 48x 10G/25G SFP28 optical/copper ports | — |
| Uplink ports | 8x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | — |
| Switching throughput | 4.0 Tbps / 2.0 Bpps forwarding capacity | — |
| Latency | Cut-through switching from 800 nanoseconds | — |
| Packet buffer | 32MB fully shared packet buffer architecture | — |
| Datacenter features | EVPN-VXLAN, RoCEv2, PFC, ECN, and sFlow | — |
| Port configuration | — | 64x 400GbE QSFP-DD ports + 2x 10GbE SFP+ ports in 2U |
| Switching capacity | — | 51.2 Tbps aggregate non-blocking switching throughput |
| Operating system | — | ONIE; supports Dell SmartFabric OS10, Enterprise SONiC, and Linux NOS |
| Telemetry | — | Hardware-accelerated AI/ML fabric telemetry, adaptive routing, and PFC deadlock avoidance |
| Power supply | — | Quad redundant hot-plug 2400W Platinum power supplies with hot-swappable fan trays |
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