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Vantrel NX-8981 XT Dual-Port 25GbE SFP28 PCIe Network Card

Network Cards · Vantrel · SKU NX8981-XT · Released 2024 · Updated 2026-10-21

Key facts

Benchmark index4,965 (Network Cards scale)
Category rank#1,591
Street price$359
Power8 W
Performance per dollar13.83
Released2024

Specifications

BrandVantrel
ModelVantrel NX-8981 XT
Speed25GbE (25G)
Ports2× 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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