/mcpData sheet Cisco public © 2025 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Switch performance Table 16 shows performance specifications for the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches. Table 16. Performance specifications Performance numbers for all switch models C9500-16X C9500-32C C9500- 32QC C9500- 48Y4C C9500- 24Y4C C9500X- 28C8D C9500X- 60L4D ASIC UADP 2.0 UADP 3.0 Q200 Switching capacity Up to 480 Gbps Up to 6.4 Tbps2 Up to 3.2 Tbps2 Up to 3.2 Tbps2 Up to 2.0 Tbps2 Up to 12 Tbps Up to 9.2 Tbps Forwarding rate Up to 360 Mpps Up to 2 Bpps Up to 1 Bpps Up to 1 Bpps Up to 1 Bpps 8 Bpps 8 Bpps Total MAC addresses Up to 64,0001 Up to 82,0001 Up to 256,0001 Total IPv4 routes (indirect routes) Up to 64,000 indirect1,6 Up to 256,000 indirect + direct1,6 Up to 2,000,0006 Total IPv4 host routes (direct routes and ARP) Up to 80,000 host1,6 Up to 90,000 host/ARP2,6 Up to 256,0001,6 Total IPv6 routes (indirect routes) Up to 32,000 indirect1,6 Up to 256,000 indirect + direct1,6 Up to 1 million6 Total IPv6 host routes (direct routes and NDP) Up to 40,000 host1,6 Up to 90,000 host1,6 Up to 128,0001,6 Total IPv4 multicast routes Up to 32,0001,6 Up to 32,0001,6 Up to 32,0001,6 Total IPv6 multicast routes Up to 16,0001,6 Up to 32,0001,6 Up to 16,0001,6 QoS ACL scale (v4/v6) Up to 18,000/9,0001 Up to 16,000/8,0001 Up to 8,000/4,0001,7 Security ACL scale (v4/v6) Up to 18,000/9,0001 Up to 27,000/13,5001 Up to 8,000/4,0001,7 FNF entries Up to 512,0001 Up to 256,0001 Up to 2 million5 DRAM 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB Flash 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB VLAN IDs 4,094 4,094 4,094