Selection Guide of NVIDIA®, Intel®/Intel Based and Broadcom® Ethernet Adapters
When it comes to selecting the Ethernet adapters for your enterprise, these top 3 brands—NVIDIA, Intel and Broadcom—stand out due to their innovation, reliability, and performance. Each brand offers a range of Ethernet adapters tailored to meet the diverse needs of modern enterprises, ensuring that you can find the perfect solution for your networking requirements.
FS-provided NVIDIA® Ethernet Adapters, Intel®/Intel Based Ethernet Adapters and Broadcom® Ethernet Adapters are designed for today's enterprise and cloud-scale environments, are the ideal solution for high-performance virtualization, intelligent flow processing, secure data center connectivity, and machine learning.
NVIDIA, Intel and Broadcom are leading manufacturers of Ethernet adapters, each with its own strengths.
NVIDIA® Ethernet adapters provided by FS offer offers advanced hardware offloads and accelerations, best-in-class network performance, serving low-latency, high-throughput applications at 25, 100, 200, and up to 400 gigabits per second (Gb/s) Ethernet speeds. The industry-leading NVIDIA® Ethernet adapters offers advanced hardware offloads and accelerations, enable the highest ROI and lowest total cost of ownership for hyperscale, public and private clouds, storage, big data, and telco platforms.
Intel®/Intel Based Ethernet adapters provided by FS deliver speeds from 10 to 100G – with versatile capabilities to optimize workload performance that are extensively tested for network interoperability, reliability, and performance. With its supported open-platform initiatives, Intel®/Intel Based Ethernet adapters provided by FS offers a wide range of data center solutions and continues to evolve with reliable off-the-shelf components to address any system size or budget.
Broadcom® Ethernet adapters provided by FS delivers best-in-class performance and hardware acceleration and offload capabilities that result in higher throughput, higher CPU efficiency, and lower workload latency for TCP/IP as well as RoCE traffic, are available in up to PCIe 5.0 form factors, support configurations ranging from 10G to 400G, and utilizing both optical and copper connectivity.
FS-provided Ethernet Adapters Comparison Chart
When comparing Ethernet adapters to find what's right for your business, consider both your budget and your current and future needs for flexibility, reliability, and security as well as speed, port, etc.
| Speed | Brand | Product | Controller | Port | Host Interface | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10G | ||||||
| Intel | ||||||
| 82599ES-2SP | Intel 82599ES | Dual | PCIe 2.0 x 8 | $179 | ||
| X710BM2-2SP | Intel X710-BM2 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $189 | ||
| XL710BM1-4SP | Intel XL710-BM1 | Quad | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $339 | ||
| Broadcom | BCM957412A4120AC | BCM57412 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $199 | |
| 10G-T | ||||||
| Intel | X550AT2-2TP | Intel X550-AT2 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 4 | $249 | |
| Broadcom | BCM957416A4160C | BCM57416 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $259 | |
| 25G | ||||||
| NVIDIA | MCX4121A-ACAT | Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family ConnectX-4 Lx | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $259 | |
| MCX512A-ACAT | Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family ConnectX-5 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $339 | ||
| MCX631102AN-ADAT | ConnectX-6 Dx | Dual | PCIe 4.0 x 8 | $430 | ||
| MCX621202AC-ADAT | ConnectX-6 Dx | Dual | PCIe 4.0 x 8 | $789 | ||
| MCX631432AN-ADAB | ConnectX®-6 Lx | Dual | OCP 3.0 SFF, PCIe 4.0 x8 | $379 | ||
| Intel | E810XXVAM2-2BP | Intel E810-XXVAM2 | Dual | PCIe 4.0 x 8 | $239 | |
| XXV710DA2 | Intel® Ethernet Controller XL-710BM2 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $299 | ||
| XXV710AM2-2BP | Intel XXV710-AM2 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $299 | ||
| E810XXVDA4 | Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-CAM1 | Quad | PCIe 4.0 x 16 | $599 | ||
| Broadcom | BCM957414A4142CC | BCM57414 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $219 | |
| BCM957504-P425G | BCM57504 | Quad | PCIe 4.0 x 16 | $529 | ||
| 40G | ||||||
| Intel | XL710BM2-2QP | Intel XL710-BM2 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x 8 | $399 | |
| 100G | ||||||
| NVIDIA | MCX515A-CCAT | Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family ConnectX-5 | Single | PCIe 3.0 x16 | $659 | |
| MCX516A-CCAT | Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family ConnectX-5 | Dual | PCIe 3.0 x16 | $809 | ||
| MCX623106AN-CDAT | Mellanox Technologies MT2892 Family ConnectX-6 Dx | Dual | PCIe 4.0 x16 | $1119 | ||
| Intel | E810CAM2-2CP | Intel E810-CAM2 | Dual | PCIe 4.0 x16 | $659 | |
| AG023R25A-1CP | Intel Agilex 7 FPGA | Single | PCIe 4.0 x16 | $1,099 | ||
| Broadcom | BCM957508-P2100G | BCM57508 | Dual | PCIe 4.0 x16 | $979 | |
| 200G | ||||||
| Broadcom | BCM957608-P2200GQF00 | BCM57608 | Dual | PCIe 5.0 x 16 | $1,699 | |
| 400G | ||||||
| Broadcom | BCM957608-P1400GDF00 | BCM57608 | Single | PCIe 5.0 x 16 | $1,699 |
Bottom Line
FS provides data centers worldwide with innovative Ethernet components and solutions that are extensively tested for network interoperability, reliability, and performance, When selecting Ethernet adapters, NVIDIA, Intel, and Broadcom each offer distinct advantages.
Investing in the right Ethernet adapters is crucial for maintaining efficient and secure operations. By choosing from these leading brands, you can ensure your network infrastructure is well-equipped to handle the demands of today's digital landscape.
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