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Vantrel NX-8981 Max Dual-Port 10GbE SFP+ PCIe Network Card

Network Cards · Vantrel · SKU NX8981-MAX · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-23

Key facts

Benchmark index4,545 (Network Cards scale)
Category rank#45,405
Street price$269
Power8 W
Performance per dollar16.90
Released2022

Specifications

BrandVantrel
ModelVantrel NX-8981 Max
Speed10GbE (10G)
Ports2× SFP+
Host interfacePCIe 3.0 x8
CablingDAC or optical transceiver
StandardSFF-8431 (10GBASE-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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