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Vantrel NX-8696 XT 25GbE SFP28 PCIe Network Card

Network Cards · Vantrel · SKU NX8696-XT · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-25

Key facts

Benchmark index5,642 (Network Cards scale)
Category rank#26,209
Street price$429
Power6 W
Performance per dollar13.15
Released2021

Specifications

BrandVantrel
ModelVantrel NX-8696 XT
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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