company
f5
Fortinet
cisco
Intelligent Traffic Processing
L7 requests per second: 10M
L4 connections per second: 4.2M
L4 HTTP requests per second: 35M
Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 300M
Throughput: 320 Gbps/160 Gbps L4/L7
Hardware Offload SSL/TLS
ECC†: ۶۰K TPS (ECDSA P-256)
RSA: 80K TPS (2K keys)
۵۰ Gbps bulk encryption
FIPS SSL
N/A
Hardware Compression
N/A
Hardware DDoS Protection
۱۴۰M SYN cookies per second
TurboFlex Performance Profiles
N/A
Software Compression
۳۰Gbps
Software Architecture
۶۴-bit
TMOS
On-Demand Upgradable
Yes
Virtualization (Maximum Number of vCMP Guests)
N/A
Processor
Two 14-Core Intel Xeon processors
(total 56 hyperthreaded logical processor cores)
Memory
۵۱۲GB DDR4
Hard Drive
۱x 1.6TB Enterprise Class SSD
Firewall
۲.۵Gbps
Threat Protection Throughput
۱۶۰Mbps
Firewall Policies
۵,۰۰۰
Virtual Domains (Default / Maximum)
۵ / ۵
High Availability Configurations
Active/Active, Active/Passive, Clustering
GE RJ45 Switch Ports
۵
GE RJ45 Wan Ports
۲
USB Port
۱
Console (RJ45)
۱
Firewall Throughput
۲.۵ Gbps
Firewall Latency( 64byte UDP packets )
۱۸۰μs
Concurrent Sessions ( TCP )
۱.۸ Million
New Sessions/Sec(TCP)
۲۱,۰۰۰
IPsec VPN Throughput (512 byte)
۹۰Mbps
SSL VPN Throughput
۱۰۰Mbps
Concurrent SSL VPN Users (Recommended Maximum, Tunnel Mode)
۲۰۰
IPS Throughput
۳۵۰Mbps
Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K)
۴۵۰Mbps
NGFW Throughput
۲۲۰Mbps
Threat Protection Throughput (Ent. Mix)
۱۶۰Mbps
Throughput: FW + AVC (1024B)
۱۳Gbps
Throughput: FW + AVC + IPS (1024B)
۱۱Gbps
Maximum concurrent sessions, with AVC
۱۰Million
Maximum new connections per second, with AVC
۶۴K
TLS (Hardware Decryption)
۴.۵Gbps
Throughput: NGIPS (1024B)
۱۵Gbps
IPSec VPN Throughput (1024B TCP w/Fastpath)
۶Gbps
Multi-Instance Capable
Yes
Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
Standard, supporting more than 4000 applications, as well as geolocations, users, and websites
AVC: OpenAppID support for custom, open source, application detectors
Standard
Cisco Security Intelligence
Standard, with IP, URL, and DNS threat intelligence
Cisco Firepower NGIPS
Available; can passively detect endpoints and infrastructure for threat correlation and Indicators of Compromise (IoC) intelligence
Cisco AMP for Networks
Available; enables detection, blocking, tracking, analysis, and containment of targeted and persistent malware, addressing the attack continuum both during and after attacks.
Integrated threat correlation with Cisco AMP for Endpoints is also optionally available
Cisco AMP Threat Grid sandboxing
Available
URL Filtering: number of categories
More than 80
URL Filtering: number of URLs categorized
More than 280 Million
Automated threat feed and IPS signature updates
Yes: class-leading Collective Security Intelligence (CSI) from the Cisco Talos Group
Third-party and opensource ecosystem
Open API for integrations with third-party products; Snort® and OpenAppID community resources for new and specific threats
High availability and clustering
Active/standby. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series allows clustering of up to 6 chassis
Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies
Firepower 4100 Series platforms include Trust Anchor Technologies for supply chain and software image assurance
Stateful inspection firewall throughput
۳۵Gbps
Stateful inspection firewall throughput (multiprotocol)
۱۵Gbps
Concurrent firewall connections
۱۰Million
Firewall latency (UDP 64B microseconds)
۳.۵
New connections per second
۱۵۰,۰۰۰
IPsec VPN throughput (450B UDP L2L test)
۸Gbps
Maximum VPN Peers
۱۰,۰۰۰
Security contexts (included; maximum)
۱۰; ۲۵۰
High availability
Active/active and active/standby
Clustering
Up to 16 appliances
Scalability
VPN Load Balancing, Firewall Clustering
Centralized management
Centralized configuration, logging, monitoring, and reporting are performed by Cisco Security Manager or alternatively in the cloud with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
Adaptive Security Device Manager
Web-based, local management for small-scale deployments