<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Both are CPU routers, so throughput really depends on what services you're running.<div>This is a reference I used to use for a guidline of the older cisco routers:</div><div><a href="https://community.cisco.com/kxiwq67737/attachments/kxiwq67737/5991-discussions-wan-routing-switching/300602/1/Cisco_Router_Performance.pdf" target="_blank">https://community.cisco.com/kxiwq67737/attachments/kxiwq67737/5991-discussions-wan-routing-switching/300602/1/Cisco_Router_Performance.pdf</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div>The 7301 will route ~ 500 Mbit of traffic - maybe closer to 600 if you want to run it hot. Though it really depends on packet size, as that has more bearing on how much it can actually route</div><div><br></div><div>I haven't used the 3945E before, but the datasheet here states it'll do around 350 with WAN services enabled:</div><div><a href="https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/3900-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/data_sheet_c78_553924.html" target="_blank">https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/3900-series-integrated-services-routers-isr/data_sheet_c78_553924.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>This PDF gives an overview of the max throughput of the 3945E - I assume this is best case, with everything possible disabled:</div><div><a href="https://community.cisco.com/legacyfs/online/legacy/2/7/8/139872-white_paper_c11_595485.pdf" target="_blank">https://community.cisco.com/legacyfs/online/legacy/2/7/8/139872-white_paper_c11_595485.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I doubt you'd see close to 8.6Gbit (or 4.3 full duplex) in the real world, however.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:43 PM Radek Tkaczyk <<a href="mailto:radek@tkaczyk.id.au" target="_blank">radek@tkaczyk.id.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Guys,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m trying to work out the CPU power of two different Cisco router models for a customer project/redesign that we are trying to work out<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Which router would have more grunt to route IP traffic?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cisco 7301<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Or<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cisco 3945E<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there anywhere to get some performance numbers from Cisco to compare the two? My Google-fu is letting me down here.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Radek<u></u><u></u></p>
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