Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 vs Dell PowerSwitch Z9332F-ON
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 is a 1U top-of-rack data center switch providing 48 1/10/25GbE SFP28 downlink ports and 6 40/100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports with wire-rate MACsec and telemetry. The Dell PowerSwitch Z9332F-ON is a 1U 32-port 400GbE open networking spine switch engineered for hyperscale cloud datacenters, high-performance computing, and AI/ML model training fabrics.
| Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 | Dell PowerSwitch Z9332F-ON | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2021 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U switch |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | — |
| Ports | 48x 1/10/25GbE SFP28 + 6x 40/100GbE QSFP28 | — |
| Switching capacity | 3.6 Tb/s | 25.6 Tbps full-duplex non-blocking switching throughput |
| Forwarding rate | 1.4 Bpps | — |
| Port configuration | — | 32x 400GbE QSFP-DD ports + 2x 10GbE SFP+ management/service ports in 1U |
| Operating system | — | ONIE; supports Dell SmartFabric OS10, Enterprise SONiC, and open NOS |
| Telemetry | — | Dynamic buffer management, In-band Network Telemetry, and RoCEv2 flow congestion tuning |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-plug 2000W Platinum power supplies with hot-swappable fan trays |
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