fortinet FortiGate 2600F vs paloalto PA Series PA-5420
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fortinet FortiGate 2600F is a high-performance 2U datacenter next-generation firewall powered by dual custom 7th-generation NP7 network processing ASICs. The Palo Alto Networks PA-5420 is a 2U enterprise datacenter firewall delivering 75 Gbps of firewall throughput, 40 Gbps of threat prevention throughput, and 33 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput.
| fortinet FortiGate 2600F | paloalto PA Series PA-5420 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | fortinet | paloalto |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Nov 2020 | Nov 2021 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Interfaces | 4x 40G/100G QSFP28, 16x 10G/25G SFP28, and 18x Gigabit Ethernet ports | 4x 40G/100G QSFP28, 16x 10G/25G SFP28, and 2x Gigabit copper management ports |
| Firewall throughput | 198 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | 75.0 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 55 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Threat protection | 13 Gbps threat protection throughput | — |
| Processors | Dual Fortinet NP7 network processors and dual CP9 content processors | — |
| Power supplies | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies | — |
| Threat prevention | — | 40.0 Gbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | 33.0 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Concurrent sessions | — | Supports up to 10 million concurrent sessions and 390,000 new sessions per second |
| Cooling and power | — | Dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and field-replaceable fan trays |
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