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Vantrel NX-8956 Ultra 25GbE SFP28 PCIe Network Card

Network Cards · Vantrel · SKU NX8956-ULTRA · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-22

Key facts

Benchmark index4,932 (Network Cards scale)
Category rank#32,095
Street price$379
Power6 W
Performance per dollar13.01
Released2019

Specifications

BrandVantrel
ModelVantrel NX-8956 Ultra
Speed25GbE (25G)
Ports1× SFP28
Host interfacePCIe 4.0 x8
CablingDAC or optical transceiver
StandardIEEE 802.3by (25GBASE-R)
Jumbo framesUp to 9 KB
OffloadsTSO, LRO, RSS, SR-IOV
Wake-on-LANYes
VLANIEEE 802.1Q
OS supportWindows 11, Linux, FreeBSD

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