topic History of SMB Specs and Performance in Spark Firewall (SMB)

History of SMB Specs and Performance

G_W_Albrecht — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:48:09 GMT

Model	SPU	FW (Lab) Gbps	IPS (Lab) Gbps	TP Gbp	VPN Lab Gbps	CPU	RAM
620 / 1100	28	0.75	0.05 (0.36)*		0.14	Marvell® Feroceon (Rev 1) 1.20 GHz	0.5
640 / 1140	34	1	0.067 (0.5)*		0.175	Marvell® Feroceon (Rev 1) 1.20 GHz	0.5
680 / 1180	37	1.5	0.1 (0.72)*		0.22	Marvell® Feroceon (Rev 1) 1.20 GHz	0.5
1200R	49	2	0.06 (0.7)*		0.45	Cavium OCTEON III CN7010 1.20 GHz	1
730 / 1430	75	0.9 (2)**		0.09	0.25	ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l), Dual Core 1.70 GHz	1
750 / 1450	141	1.1 (2)**		0.15	0.5	ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l), Dual Core 1.70 GHz	1
770 / 1470	194	1.6 (3.2)**		0.175	0.5	ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l), Tri-Core 1.70 GHz	2
790 / 1490	233	1.8 (4)**		0.22	1	ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l), Quad-Core 1.70 GHz	2
1530 / 35		1	0.6	0.34	0.97	Marvell® ARMADA® 7040 Quad-Core 1.4 GHz (only 3 cores unlocked)	2 / 4
1550 / 55		1	0.8	0.45	1.3	Marvell® ARMADA® 7040 Quad-Core 1.4 GHz	2 / 4
1570 / 75		2.8	0.97	0.5	1.95	Marvell® ARMADA® 8040 Quad-Core 2 GHz (only 3 cores unlocked)	2 / 4
1590 / 95 / 95R		2.8	1.3	0.66	2.6	Marvell® ARMADA® 8040 Quad-Core 2 GHz	2 / 4
1600		4,8	3.2	1.5	3.2	Marvell® OcteonTX CN9250 12 Core 2 GHz	4
1800		7,5	5	2	4	Marvell® OcteonTX CN9250 12 Core 2 GHz	4
1900		16	9	4	5	Marvell® OCTEON TX2® CN96XX 24 core ??	16
2000		20	11	5	6	Marvell® OCTEON TX2® CN96XX 24 core 2.2 GHz	16
2530		22.5	17.2	7.5	14	Marvell® OCTEON TX2™ CN913X 3 cores
2550		30	23	10	14	Marvell® OCTEON TX2™ CN913X 4 cores
2560		67.5	51.7	18.5	40	Marvell Octeon 10 5 cores
2570		90	69	25	40	Marvell Octeon 10 6 cores
2580		175	110	32	45	Marvell Octeon 10 ?

I have started this comparison in ca. 2016. The 5 performance columns are from the official data sheets (2013 and up), but comparison criteria have changed over time, so also figures did. * IPS Strict (Recommended) Profile, ** FW Real World (FW 1518 byte UDP), VPN AES-GCM 1452

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

the_rock — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:24:01 GMT

Nice post mate 👍

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

_Val_ — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:31:48 GMT

Are those your own tests, @G_W_Albrecht?

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

G_W_Albrecht — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:07:38 GMT

Sorry, added the footnote !

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

_Val_ — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:09:26 GMT

fair enough, thanks

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

G_W_Albrecht — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:53:22 GMT

I have pondered to include the 1500 Pro models (some now have 4GB memory) - but official specs do not deviate from the present ones, only more criteria have been added...

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

ArsathParves1 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 04:29:17 GMT

how about the specs of 1900 and 2000 appliances ?

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

G_W_Albrecht — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:13:24 GMT

Please tell me the specs in detail!

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

Chris_Atkinson — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:56:37 GMT

Are you seeking information that isn't provided on the datasheet?

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

ArsathParves1 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:14:48 GMT

Yes, I'm want to know the CPU and memory capacity of 1900 and 2000 appliance

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

Chris_Atkinson — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:27:12 GMT

CP don't publish this information for it's appliances.

Please discuss the requirement with your local SE if your are concerned about sizing.

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

henfii — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:09:53 GMT

I would like to add/update the information

1530/1535 - CPU: Marvell Armada 7040 1.40GHz in booth, 3 cores unlocked, RAM: 1530: 2GB, 1535: 4GB on board

1550/1555 - CPU: Marvell Armada 7040 1.40GHz in booth, 4 cores unlocked, RAM: 1550: 2GB, 1555: 4GB on board

1570/1575 - CPU: Marvell Armada 8040 2.00GHz in booth, 3 cores unlocked, RAM: 1570: 2GB, 1575: 4GB on board

1590/1595 - CPU: Marvell Armada 8040 2.00GHz in booth, 4 cores unlocked, RAM: 1590: 2GB, 1595: 4GB on board

1900- CPU: probably a similar CPU with the same number (24) of cores as Spark 2000, just underclocked?, RAM: 16GB (probably same as Spark 2000), Disk: (probably same as Spark 2000)

2000- CPU: Marvell® OCTEON TX2® CN96XX 2.2GHz, 24 cores (SKU: CN9670), RAM: 16GB (option to upgrade to 32GB- also in datasheet, there are 2 SO-DIMM DDR4 slots on the board, both are used with 8GB 1Rx8 non-ECC 3200 MT/s modules), Disk: 512GB NVMe, PCIe Gen4 SSD

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

G_W_Albrecht — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:40:21 GMT

Thanx a lot!

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

Machine_Head — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:45:41 GMT

where are the mighty sofawares ? 😂

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

Tom_Hinoue — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:47:53 GMT

I have confirmed before that the RAM 32GB option for the 1900/2000 is not scheduled so far, and datasheets will be updated accordingly.

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

G_W_Albrecht — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:58:51 GMT

I only can show you mine as a photo as i only have specs from Edge / Safe@Office appliances:

UTM-1 Edge X, UTM-1 Edge W, UTM-1 Edge X ADSL, UTM-1 Edge W ADSL

Firewall Throughput	190 Mbps
VPN Throughput	35 Mbps
IPS Throughput	-

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

G_W_Albrecht — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:10:23 GMT

I will be glad for any corrections 😉

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

henfii — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:05:03 GMT

Spark 2570

TP: 2500Mbps

IPS: 6900Mbps

FW: 9000Mbps

VPN: 4000Mbps

from console:

CPU: Marvell OCTEON DPU 10 CN103XX board, SKU: MV-CN10206-A0-HF240AG-xxxx-SCP (its Marvell CN102XX/CN103XX series, system load graph chart shows 6 cores)

RAM: DRAM: 8 GB, 4800 MT/s, DDR5

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

henfii — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:30:11 GMT

I'm sending the update through small Spark 2500 boxes.

When booting, they no longer show the exact CPU model, but you can read the type through the ID in the parameters.

2530/2550:

Features : fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 cpuid

CPU implementer : 0x41

CPU architecture: 8

CPU variant : 0x0

CPU part : 0xd08

2560/70:

Features : fp asimd aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics fphp asimdhp cpuid asimdrdm jscvt fcma lrcpc dcpop sha3 sm3 sm4 asimddp sha512 sve asimdfhm dit usc at ilrcpc flagm ssbs sb paca pacg dcpodp sve2 sveaes svepmull svebitperm svesha3 svesm4 flagm2 frint svei8mm svebf16 i8mm bf16 dgh rng bti

CPU implementer : 0x41

CPU architecture: 8

CPU variant : 0x0

CPU part : 0xd49

Model	SPU	FW (Lab) Gbps	IPS (Lab) Gbps	TP Gbp	VPN Lab Gbps	CPU	RAM
2530		2.25	1.72	0.75	1.4	Marvell® OCTEON TX2™ CN913X ID:0xd08 (ARM Cortex-A72), 3 cores	4
2550		3	2.3	1	1.4	Marvell® OCTEON TX2™ CN913X ID:0xd08 (ARM Cortex-A72), 4 cores	4
2560		6.75	5.17	1.85	4	Marvell Octeon 10 ID:0xd49 (ARM Neoverse-N2), 5 cores	8
2570		9	6.9	2.5	4.5	Marvell Octeon 10 ID:0xd49 (ARM Neoverse-N2), 6 cores	8
2580		17.5	11	3.2	4.5	?	?

Re: History of SMB Specs and Performance

G_W_Albrecht — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:47:21 GMT

Thank you ! What about the GHz and RAM ?