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XG Home CPU for 700/350Mbps internet link

Hi everyone,

Searching on community about CPUs for XG Home I only found topics about older CPUs suggestions. Here's my home network details and goals with XG Home:

Current network:

  • Internet Downlink/Uplink: 700/350Mbps (monthly average internet usage 40/50Mbps)
  • Router Cisco ISR 1100
  • LAN IPs: 30~40
  • 2 GRE Tunnels no encryption
  • IPFIX Flow
  • 6 ACL
  • 1 Route-map to re-route a IP from LAN to a tunnel

I need a CPU that will not throttle at peak usage of my 700/350Mbps link, must support the configurations above and I expect at least 100Mbps of SSL inspection, here are my options:

  • Intel Pentium N6005
  • Intel i5 1135G7
  • Intel i7 1165G7
  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600U (Note: I found an appliance with this CPU at same price as i5 1135G7) 
  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800U (Note: I found an appliance with this CPU at same price as i7 1165G7)
  • Open to other CPU suggestions Slight smile

I'm really considering N6005 (my wallet choice), however I'm not sure if it can handle my internet traffic, my second options are the AMD CPUs, I would run the XG on ESXi 8.0 and use the extra cores for something else.

Thank you!



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  • peak usage of my 700/350Mbps link, must support the configurations above and I expect at least 100Mbps of SSL inspection

    Any of the CPU's that you mentioned will be able to do handle it.

    I recommend you stick with the fastest CPU that you can buy. The N6005 should be able to handle around ~500 Mbit/s of TLS Decryption (Or more), all others if setup correctly can-do gigabit of TLS Decryption with multiple connections.

    As an example, the XG115w Rev.3 uses an Intel Atom E3940, this is a very low-end CPU even at Its launch date but still capable of doing ~140 Mbit/s of TLS Decryption. (Before It I had an Intel G5400 and a Ryzen 3300x, the Ryzen could do 10G IPS.)


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    XG 115w Rev.3 8GB RAM v19.5 MR1 @ Home.

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  • peak usage of my 700/350Mbps link, must support the configurations above and I expect at least 100Mbps of SSL inspection

    Any of the CPU's that you mentioned will be able to do handle it.

    I recommend you stick with the fastest CPU that you can buy. The N6005 should be able to handle around ~500 Mbit/s of TLS Decryption (Or more), all others if setup correctly can-do gigabit of TLS Decryption with multiple connections.

    As an example, the XG115w Rev.3 uses an Intel Atom E3940, this is a very low-end CPU even at Its launch date but still capable of doing ~140 Mbit/s of TLS Decryption. (Before It I had an Intel G5400 and a Ryzen 3300x, the Ryzen could do 10G IPS.)


    If a post solves your question use the 'Verify Answer' button.

    XG 115w Rev.3 8GB RAM v19.5 MR1 @ Home.

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