Data center networking for enterprise buyers
Asked as “data center switching platform”, and as “data center network fabric”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each. Added to the September 2026 Edition; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
34%
Contested · Cisco Nexus 11%
34Arista Networks11Cisco Nexus11Juniper Networks43others
34% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Arista Networks34%
Arista Networks34%02Juniper Networks11%
Juniper Networks11%03Cisco Nexus11%
Cisco Nexus11%04Cisco9%
Cisco9%05Juniper Apstra2%
Juniper Apstra2%06Cisco ACI2%
Cisco ACI2%07VMware NSX0%
VMware NSX0%What they warned about
Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Cisco33%
8 of 24 labels negative · 8 of 12 models
“A specific example often discussed is Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure. ACI is an intent-based, closed-fabric solution ... it also creates strong vendor dependency and skill concentration.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Cisco Nexus37%
7 of 19 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Cisco Nexus 7000/7700: don’t choose it for a new fabric.” GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt
VMware NSX50%
5 of 10 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Locking your data center further into a VMware NSX-dependent overlay network introduces massive financial risk.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Cisco ACI46%
6 of 13 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Platforms/Approaches to **Avoid** (High Risk for Large-Scale Deployments): **Proprietary "Walled Garden" SDN Overlays like Cisco ACI or VMware NSX” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
75 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1138 links across 334 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Cisco48 answers · 79 citations · 14 models
vendor site · Juniper36 answers · 68 citations · 12 models
vendor site · HPE24 answers · 35 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 34 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Arista21 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
16 answers · 29 citations · 7 models
16 answers · 21 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Nokia15 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G215 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
11 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
11 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
14 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 8 models
9 answers · 5 models
9 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best data center switching platform”, “data center networking platforms”, “data center switching platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| Arista EOS arista.com Arista Networks 34%, Arista EOS 5%, Arista EOS with CloudVision 2%, Arista CloudVision 0% | 41% | 101 | 33,100 | 278 | 46,898 | 3 | ||
| Juniper QFX juniper.net Juniper Networks 11%, Juniper Apstra 2%, Juniper Networks QFX Series with Apstra 2%, Juniper QFX 0% | 16% | 69 | 14,800 | 696 | 267,308 | 0 | ||
| Cisco parent site Cisco Nexus 11%, Cisco Nexus Series 2%, Cisco ACI 2%, Cisco Systems 0% | 16% | 46 | 165,000 | 48,352 | ||||
| Cisco cisco.com Cisco 9%, Cisco Nexus Switches 2% | 11% | 199 | 165,000 | 48,352 | 5,114,808 | $683 | 91 | 2 |
| HPE arubanetworks.com HPE Aruba EdgeConnect 2% | 2% | 95 | 27,100 | 5,522 | 2,865 | |||
| Dell dell.com Dell 2%, Dell Technologies 0% | 2% | 64 | 368,000 | 213,970 | 13,697,880 | $10,867 | 63 | 6 |
| Edgecore edge-core.com | 2% | 6 | 1,900 | 95 | 5,154 | |||
| Cisco Nexus 9000 with VXLAN BGP EVPN | 2% | |||||||
| Cisco's Lean AI-Ready Data Center | 2% | |||||||
| Spine-Leaf EVPN-VXLAN | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cisco.com, gartner.com, hpe.com). The first result for “best data center switching platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best data center switching platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which data center network fabric would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade data center networking platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best data center switching platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a data center switching platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which data center networking platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldArista Networksagainst: CiscoCisco Nexus Switchesno first choiceagainst: Arista EOS, Cisco ACI, Juniper Apstra
Four alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Cisco Nexus 9300 Series, Juniper Apstra, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Arista Networks, HPE Aruba CX SwitchesGPT-5.4 miniCisco Nexusno first choiceChangedCisco NexusArista Networksno first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Cisco, Juniper Networks
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, Juniper ApstraFour alternatives
Arista EOS, HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XOne alternative
CiscoGemini 3.5 FlashArista NetworksArista NetworksHeldno first choiceagainst: VMwareArista Networksagainst: Ciscono first choiceagainst: Cisco Nexus Dashboard, Juniper Networksagainst: Extreme Networks SPB, Legacy Cisco ACI, Legacy HPE Aruba FlexFabric, SONiC, VMware NSX, legacy Avaya architectures
Four alternatives
Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, HPE, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Cisco ACI, Juniper ApstraFour alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco Systems, HPE Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Spectrum-XThree alternatives
Dell, Enterprise SONiC, HPE Aruba CXOne alternative
Arista CloudVisionPerplexity SonarCisco Nexusagainst: Pica8Juniper NetworksChangedno first choiceCisco Nexusagainst: Arista platformno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco NexusOne alternative
Juniper QFX with Apstra Data Center DirectorGrok 4.1 FastArista Networks, Cisco NexusSpine-Leaf EVPN-VXLANChangedagainst: Fat-Tree, Juniper QFabric, Traditional 3-TierCisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) with Nexus Dashboard/Catalyst CenterArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexus 9000, HPE Aruba CXno first choiceagainst: Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, HPE Aruba Data Center Switches, Huawei Data Center Networking, VMware NSX
Two alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper NetworksFive alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco, Cisco ACI, HPE Juniper Networking, SONiC OSThree alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Juniper Apstra, NVIDIA Cumulus Networks / NetQ / UFMOne alternative
Juniper QFX/EXMistral SmallCisco, Juniper Networksno first choiceChangedCisco Application Centric InfrastructureDell, Edgecore, SONiCno first choiceagainst: Apstra, Cisco Nexus, Plexxi, Whiteboxagainst: Arista Networks
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectFour alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Cisco Catalyst Center, Juniper QFX Series Switches, VMware NSXThree alternatives
Arista 720XP/750X series, Cisco Nexus with SONiC, Juniper QFXDeepSeek V4 FlashArista Networksagainst: Extreme Networks, HPE Aruba CXJuniper ApstraChangedagainst: Cisco ACIno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Apstra, Juniper Networksno first choiceagainst: Brocade, Cisco ACI, Cumulus Linux, Extreme Networks, HPE Aruba Fabric Composer / Legacy FlexFabric, Huawei Data Center Networking, Mellanox, NVIDIA Spectrum-X, Pica8, Pluribus, Riverbed SteelConnect CX, Ruckus
Two alternatives
Cisco Nexus, Juniper QFXOne alternative
Arista NetworksTwo alternatives
Cisco Nexus, HPE ArubaLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceCisco's Lean AI-Ready Data CenterChangedno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Ciscono first choiceagainst: Arista EOS, Cisco ACI, Juniper Apstra
Two alternatives
Extreme Networks' Data Center Networking Solutions, HPE Juniper Networking's Data Center Network FabricsOne alternative
Juniper NetworksQwen 3.7 FlashJuniper NetworksCisco ACIChangedno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Cisco, Cisco Nexus 9000 Seriesno first choiceagainst: Dell PowerConnect, Extreme Networks, Huawei Data Center Networking, Nokia, ZTE
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, Cisco SystemsTwo alternatives
Arista CloudVision, Juniper ApstraOne alternative
Juniper NetworksKimi K2Arista NetworksCiscoChangedno first choiceArista Networksagainst: Cisco Nexusno first choiceagainst: Cisco Nexusagainst: Arista Networks, Big Switch Networks, Cisco, Huawei Enterprise Networking Equipment, Juniper Networks, Masergy, Riverbed SteelConnect CX, SONiC-based white box switching, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
Cisco Systems, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectTwo alternatives
Arista Networks, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
HPE Aruba CX, Juniper NetworksGLM 4.7 FlashXArista Networks, Cisco Nexus Seriesno first choiceChangedArista NetworksArista EOSagainst: Ciscono first choiceagainst: Arista Networks, Juniper Networking, Masergy, Riverbed SteelConnect CX, VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN
Two alternatives
HPE Aruba EdgeConnect, Juniper NetworksThree alternatives
Arista EOS with CloudVision, Cisco Nexus with ACI, Juniper Networks with ContrailFive alternatives
Cisco, Dell Technologies, Extreme Networks, HPE Aruba, Juniper NetworksOne alternative
Juniper NetworksMiniMax M2.5Cisco Nexus, HPE Aruba EdgeConnectCisco Nexus 9000 with VXLAN BGP EVPN, Juniper Networks QFX Series with ApstraChangedno first choiceArista Networks, Juniper Networksagainst: Cisco NexusArista Networks, Cisco, Juniper Networksagainst: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, Cisco Nexus, HP/Aruba, Juniper EX, Midokura, Open vSwitch, OpenContrail, OpenStack Neutron, VMware NSX, VMware vCloud Networking and Security
Two alternatives
Arista Networks, Juniper NetworksTwo alternatives
Arista EOS with CloudVision, HPE Aruba CX with Fabric ComposerOne alternative
HPE ArubaBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:59 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:52 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 24 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:30 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:04 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:53 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:22 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:29 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:05 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 24 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:18 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:15 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:07 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 14 | 68 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:08 | yes | 18 | 15 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 7 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:39 | yes | 19 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 15 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 25 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:56 | yes | 12 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:07 | yes | 25 | 53 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 15 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:51 | yes | 23 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 15 | 67 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 15 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:45 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:41 | yes | 14 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:26 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:15 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 15 | 70 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:11 | yes | 25 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 10 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 20 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:40 | yes | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:19 | yes | 11 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 34 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:42 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:59 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:05 | yes | 22 | 78 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:32 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 20 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:25 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:24 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 25 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 25 | 70 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:45 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:29 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 5 | 57 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Arista read as Arista Networks
Arista (CloudVision) read as Arista Networks
Arista (EOS + CloudVision with EVPN-VXLAN) read as Arista Networks
Huawei read as Huawei Data Center Networking
Juniper read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (Apstra) read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (Now HPE) read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (QFX) read as Juniper Networks
Juniper (now HPE) read as Juniper Networks
NVIDIA read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
NVIDIA (Spectrum-X Platform) read as NVIDIA Spectrum-X
Unresolved, counted raw
Arista 720XP/750X series
Arista EOS-based switching
Arista Networks EOS / CloudVision
Arista Networks Platform
Arista platform
Aviz Networks
Broadcom-based (via SONiC)
Brocade
Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) with Nexus Dashboard/Catalyst Center
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) APIC
Cisco Catalyst Switches
Cisco DCNM 11.5
Cisco Nexus 9000 with VXLAN BGP EVPN
Cisco Nexus Switches
Cisco Nexus with ACI
Cisco Nexus with SONiC
Cisco Nexus: NX-OS / ACI / Nexus Dashboard
Cisco's Lean AI-Ready Data Center
Enterprise SONiC
Extreme Networks SPB
Extreme Networks' Data Center Networking Solutions
Fat-Tree
HPE Aruba CX Switches
HPE Aruba CX with Fabric Composer
HPE Aruba Data Center Switches
HPE Aruba Fabric Composer
HPE Aruba Fabric Composer / Legacy FlexFabric
HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer
HPE Juniper Networking's Data Center Network Fabrics
HPE Juniper Networks (Junos OS & Juniper Apstra)
HPE Juniper: QFX / Junos + Apstra Data Center Director
Huawei CloudEngine / iMaster NCE
Huawei Enterprise Networking Equipment
Juniper EX
Juniper Networking
Juniper Networks Junos / Apstra / Mist AI
Juniper Networks QFX Series with Apstra
Juniper Networks with Contrail
Juniper QFX with Apstra Data Center Director
Juniper QFabric
Legacy Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure)
Legacy HPE Aruba FlexFabric
Lumen's Private Connectivity Fabric AI Infrastructure
Midokura
NVIDIA Cumulus Networks / NetQ / UFM
NVIDIA Networking
NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet
NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet
Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC)
Open vSwitch (OVS)
OpenContrail
OpenStack Neutron
Pluribus
SONiC OS
SONiC-based white box switching
Spine-Leaf EVPN-VXLAN
Traditional 3-Tier
VMware vCloud Networking and Security (vCNS)
Whitebox (Cumulus, SONiC)
legacy Avaya architectures
open-source SONiC
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.