cisco Catalyst 9300 Catalyst 9300X vs juniper EX Series EX4400
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 9300X is an enterprise stackable switch platform designed for high-throughput campus aggregation and next-generation Wi-Fi 6E/7 access layers. The Juniper EX4400 is an AI-powered 1U cloud-ready enterprise access switch designed for modern campus architectures.
| cisco Catalyst 9300 Catalyst 9300X | juniper EX Series EX4400 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Nov 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| Form factor | 1U modular switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Port configurations | 24 or 48 ports 10G Multi-gigabit copper or 10G/25G SFP28 fiber | — |
| Uplink capacity | Modular network modules with dual 100G QSFP28 or quad 40G QSFP+ ports | — |
| Stacking bandwidth | StackWise-1T delivering 1 Tbps stacking throughput | — |
| Encryption | Hardware MACsec-256 on all downlink and uplink ports, plus line-rate IPsec | — |
| Switching capacity | Up to 1000 Gbps (1 Tbps) per switch | Up to 496 Gbps / 369 Mpps forwarding capacity |
| Poe budget | Up to 90W 802.3bt Class 8 PoE on all copper ports | — |
| Ports | — | 24 or 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Uplinks | — | 2x 100GbE QSFP28 ports and modular uplink slots (4x 10G/25G or 1x 100G) |
| Fabric support | — | EVPN-VXLAN campus fabric extensions down to the access layer |
| Telemetry | — | Streaming telemetry with automated anomaly detection via Mist AI |
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