fortinet FortiGate 400F vs paloalto PA Series PA-3420
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Fortinet FortiGate 400F is a modern 1U high-performance enterprise next-generation firewall powered by 7th-generation NP7 and CP9 ASICs. The Palo Alto Networks PA-3420 is a 1U enterprise datacenter firewall delivering 18.0 Gbps of firewall throughput, 9.5 Gbps of threat prevention throughput, and 9.5 Gbps of IPsec VPN throughput.
| fortinet FortiGate 400F | paloalto PA Series PA-3420 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | fortinet | paloalto |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 1U rack |
| Interfaces | 4x 10GbE SFP+, 8x 1GbE SFP, and 8x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports | 4x 10GbE SFP+ optical ports and 12x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Firewall throughput | 80 Gbps stateful firewall throughput | 18.0 Gbps App-ID firewall throughput |
| Vpn throughput | 55 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput | — |
| Threat protection | 6 Gbps threat protection throughput | — |
| Processors | Fortinet NP7 network processor and CP9 content processor | — |
| Power | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies | — |
| Threat prevention | — | 9.5 Gbps threat prevention throughput |
| Ipsec vpn | — | 9.5 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput |
| Concurrent sessions | — | Supports up to 2 million concurrent sessions and 150,000 new sessions per second |
| Power supplies | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies |
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