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Cisco Catalyst 9300X
Cisco Catalyst 9300X
★ 3.1 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Switching Capacity: Up to 2,000 Gbps (2.0 Tbps)
  • Forwarding Rate: Up to 1,488 Mpps
  • Ports: 48x 10G Multigigabit (mGig) Copper or 24x 25G SFP28 Fiber, with Modular Uplinks (up to 100G)
  • PoE Budget: Up to 90W UPoE+ (802.3bt) per port, total budget up to 5900W in a stack
  • Layer: L2 / L3 (Full routing support)
  • Stacking support: Yes, StackWise-1T (1,000 Gbps / 1 Tbps bandwidth)

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Industry-leading 1 Tbps stacking bandwidth; Modular 100G uplinks; 90W UPOE+ support for Wi-Fi 7 and IoT; Hardware-accelerated 100G IPsec encryption.
  • ✘ Cons: High initial cost and ongoing TCO; Mandatory Cisco DNA software subscription; Overkill and high power/heat for small or basic office environments.
  • Est. Price: $6,000 - $35,000

Compare Against

Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Pro Max 16 PoE
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Pro Max 16 PoE
★ 3.6 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Switching Capacity: 84 Gbps
  • Forwarding Rate: 62.496 Mpps
  • Ports: 12x 1GbE PoE+ RJ45, 4x 2.5GbE PoE++ RJ45, 2x 10G SFP+
  • PoE Budget: 180W
  • Layer: L3
  • Stacking support: No (Managed via UniFi Network Application)

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Includes multi-gigabit 2.5G support for high-speed APs; PoE++ (60W) capability; Etherlighting for visual port status; silent fanless operation.
  • ✘ Cons: Large external power brick; limited to only 4 multi-gig ports; rack-mount kit sold separately.
  • Est. Price: $389 - $410

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