Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Nexus 93180YC-FX3 vs juniper QFX Series QFX5120-48Y
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 Juniper QFX5120-48Y is a high-speed 1U datacenter top-of-rack leaf switch delivering 48 ports of 10G/25G SFP28 and 8 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks.
| Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Nexus 93180YC-FX3 | juniper QFX Series QFX5120-48Y | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2021 | Jun 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U fixed switch |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | — |
| Ports | 48x 1/10/25GbE SFP28 + 6x 40/100GbE QSFP28 | 48x 10G/25G SFP28 and 8x 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks |
| Switching capacity | 3.6 Tb/s | 4 Tbps / 2.97 Bpps forwarding capacity |
| Forwarding rate | 1.4 Bpps | — |
| Silicon | — | Broadcom Trident 3 programmable datacenter packet processing silicon |
| Overlays | — | Hardware-accelerated EVPN-VXLAN Layer 2/Layer 3 gateway and DCI functionality |
| Telemetry | — | Comprehensive Junos telemetry streaming, Python on-box scripting, and open APIs |
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