Router Switching Performance in
Packets Per Second (PPS)
| Platform |
Process Switching |
Fast Switching |
| 1400 |
600 |
4,000 |
| 1600 |
600 |
4,000 |
| 1700 |
1,500 |
8,400 |
| 2500 |
800 |
4,400 |
| 2610 |
1,500 |
15,000 |
| 2620 |
1,500 |
25,000 |
| 3620 |
2,000 |
40,000 |
| 3640 |
4,000 |
80,000 |
| 3660 |
12,000 |
120,000 |
| MC3810 |
2,000 |
10,000 |
| 4000 |
1,800 |
14,000 |
| 4500 |
5,000 |
40,000 |
| 4700 |
7,000 |
50,000 |
| 7120 |
13,000 |
175,000 (CEF) |
| 7140 |
20,000 |
300,000 (CEF) |
| 7200-NPE100 |
7,000 |
100,000 |
| 7200-NPE150 |
10,000 |
150,000 |
| 7200-NPE175 |
9,000 |
175,000 (CEF) |
| 7200-NPE200 |
13,000 |
200,000 |
| 7200-NPE225 |
13,000 |
225,000 (CEF) |
| 7200-NPE300 |
20,000 |
300,000 |
| uBR-NPE150 |
10,000 |
100,000 |
| uBR-NPE200 |
13,000 |
150,000 |
| 7000-RP |
2,500 |
30,000 |
| 7500-RSP2 |
5,000 |
220,000 (CEF) |
| 7500-RSP4 |
8,000 |
345,000 (CEF) |
| 7500-RSP8 |
22,000 |
470,000 (CEF) |
| Catalyst-RSM |
14,000 |
110,000 |
VIP2
Distributed Switching significantly increases the performance on RSP platforms. See the
VIP2 Performance
Graph for details. |
