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

Network Cards · Vantrel · SKU NX8981-ULTRA · Released 2025 · Updated 2026-10-22

Key facts

Benchmark index5,686 (Network Cards scale)
Category rank#12,730
Street price$429
Power8 W
Performance per dollar13.25
Released2025

Specifications

BrandVantrel
ModelVantrel NX-8981 Ultra
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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