Nexus 9300 40/100 GE Switches Comparison

 Nexus 9336C-SE1Nexus 9336C-FX2Nexus 9336C-FX2-ENexus 9332CNexus 9364C-GXNexus 9364C-H1
UsageNXOSACI &  leafNXOS (leaf/spine), powered by Cloud ScaleACI leaf & NXOS (leaf/spine), powered by Cloud ScaleACI spine & NXOS (leaf/spine), powered by Cloud ScaleACI (leaf/spine) & NXOS (leaf/spine), powered by Cloud ScaleACI (leaf/spine) & NXOS (leaf/spine), powered by Cloud Scale
Form factor1 RU1 RU1 RU1 RU2 RU2 RU
100 M/1 GE/10 GE copper portsNANANANANANA
1/10 GE fiber ports144NANA200
40 GE ports363636326464
50 GE ports727272NA128128
100 GE ports363636326464
Latency (microseconds)~2.8~1~1~1.3~2.0~2.0
MACsec & CloudSecMACsec on all 36 portsYes, all portsYes, all portsYes, on last 8 portsNAYes, on last 16 ports
Fibre Channel (FC)NoNoYesNoNoNo
Buffer (MB)644040408040
Power supply (watts); 2 per switch75011001100110020001100
Typical power (watts)320337337296811605
Minimum software versionNXOS-10.6.1ACI-N9KDK9-13.1.2/ NXOS-703I7.3NXOS-10.1.1 / ACI-TBDACI-N9KDK9-14.0/NX-OS Release 9.2(3)NXOS-9.3.3/ACI-N9KDK9-14.2NXOS-10.4(3)/ACI-N9KDK9-16.1.3
ACI leaf supportN/AACI-N9KDK9-13.1.2TBDN/AACI-N9KDK9-14.2ACI 16.1.3
ACI spine supportN/AN/AN/AACI-N9KDK9-14.0ACI 15.1.3ACI 16.1.3
OrderableYesYesYesYesYesYes
SKUN9336C-SE1N9K-C9336C-FX2N9K-C9336C-FX2-EN9K-C9332CN9K-C9364C-GXN9K-C9364C-H1
Operating systemNX-OSNX-OS, ACINX-OS, ACINX-OS, ACINX-OS, ACINX-OS, ACI