--- title: How to hit 650Gbps firewall SPEEDS | daily.dev description: A hardware showcase interview covering a high-performance next-generation firewall featuring 256 CPU cores (128 per socket with hyperthreading), 2.3TB of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-hit-650gbps-firewall-speeds-exuxtoivm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to hit 650Gbps firewall SPEEDS | daily.dev og:description: A hardware showcase interview covering a high-performance next-generation firewall featuring 256 CPU cores (128 per socket with hyperthreading), 2.3TB of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-hit-650gbps-firewall-speeds-exuxtoivm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/exUxToivm.png og:image:alt: How to hit 650Gbps firewall SPEEDS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to hit 650Gbps firewall SPEEDS **[David Bombal](https://daily.dev/sources/davidbombal)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A hardware showcase interview covering a high-performance next-generation firewall featuring 256 CPU cores (128 per socket with hyperthreading), 2.3TB of memory, and multiple high-speed port options including SFP56 (1G–50G), QSFP56 (40G–200G), and QSFP-DD (up to 400G). The device achieves 650Gbps next-gen firewall throughput, 500Gbps IPsec, and 150Gbps TLS in just 2 rack units. Up to 16 units can be clustered for a combined 8Tbps throughput. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jadzix** · 0 upvotes > Wow. Very impressive device ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [We third-party tested our firewall built for AI-scale. The test tools hit their limit first.](https://daily.dev/posts/we-third-party-tested-our-firewall-built-for-ai-scale-the-test-tools-hit-their-limit-first--e7yfg7eaj) · Cisco · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#firewall](https://daily.dev/tags/firewall), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-hit-650gbps-firewall-speeds-exuxtoivm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to hit 650Gbps firewall SPEEDS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-hit-650gbps-firewall-speeds-exuxtoivm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-hit-650gbps-firewall-speeds-exuxtoivm"},"datePublished":"2026-02-25T17:12:52.774Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T06:17:43.028Z","description":"A hardware showcase interview covering a high-performance next-generation firewall featuring 256 CPU cores (128 per socket with hyperthreading), 2.3TB of...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TjCkYqXtxeI/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TjCkYqXtxeI/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"David Bombal","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"David Bombal","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Dz6oUxSb--/f_auto/v1710503980/logos/davidbombal","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/davidbombal"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-hit-650gbps-firewall-speeds-exuxtoivm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"firewall,hardware,networking,security","timeRequired":"PT2M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"How to hit 650Gbps firewall SPEEDS","description":"A hardware showcase interview covering a high-performance next-generation firewall featuring 256 CPU cores (128 per socket with hyperthreading), 2.3TB of...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TjCkYqXtxeI/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-02-25T17:12:52.774Z","duration":"PT2M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/exUxToivm","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/TjCkYqXtxeI"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"David Bombal","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/davidbombal"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to hit 650Gbps firewall SPEEDS"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-hit-650gbps-firewall-speeds-exuxtoivm","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Wow. 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