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Selection Guide of NVIDIA®, Intel®/Intel Based and Broadcom® Ethernet Adapters

GeorgeUpdated at Sep 26th 20241 min read

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
Intel 82599ES
Dual
PCIe 2.0 x 8
$179
Intel X710-BM2
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$189
Intel XL710-BM1
Quad
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$339
Broadcom
BCM57412
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$199
10G-T
Intel
Intel X550-AT2
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 4
$249
Broadcom
BCM57416
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$259
25G
NVIDIA
Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family ConnectX-4 Lx
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$259
Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family ConnectX-5
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$339
ConnectX-6 Dx
Dual
PCIe 4.0 x 8
$430
ConnectX-6 Dx
Dual
PCIe 4.0 x 8
$789
ConnectX®-6 Lx
Dual
OCP 3.0 SFF, PCIe 4.0 x8
$379
Intel
Intel E810-XXVAM2
Dual
PCIe 4.0 x 8
$239
Intel® Ethernet Controller XL-710BM2
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$299
Intel XXV710-AM2
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$299
Intel® Ethernet Controller E810-CAM1
Quad
PCIe 4.0 x 16
$599
Broadcom
BCM57414
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$219
BCM57504
Quad
PCIe 4.0 x 16
$529
40G
Intel
Intel XL710-BM2
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x 8
$399
100G
NVIDIA
Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family ConnectX-5
Single
PCIe 3.0 x16
$659
Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family ConnectX-5
Dual
PCIe 3.0 x16
$809
Mellanox Technologies MT2892 Family ConnectX-6 Dx
Dual
PCIe 4.0 x 16
$1119
Intel
Intel E810-CAM2
Dual
PCIe 4.0 x 16
$659
Intel Agilex 7 FPGA
Single
PCIe 4.0 x 16
$1,099
Broadcom
BCM57508
Dual
PCIe 4.0 x 16
$979
200G
Broadcom
BCM57608
Dual
PCIe 5.0 x 16
$1,699
400G
Broadcom
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.