EdgeRouter PoE vs EdgeRouter SFP - What is different about these two Ubiquiti Routers?

Mainly the presence/absence of a SFP port, number of switching ports and some differences with regards to hardware offloading.

EdgeRouter PoE (ERPoe-5) has three ports specified for switching function - eth2, eth3, and eth4 can be configured for switching using the EdgeOS Configuration Interface. In EdgeRouter PoE, bridged interfaces are not enabled for hardware offloading.

EdgeRouter SFP (ER-X-SFP) has all six ports configurable for Line-rate, Layer-2 switching (5 Gigabit RJ45 Ports and 1 SFP Port). The hot-swappable SFP Port supports a 100 Mbps or Gigabit fiber SFP module. Finally, in EdgeRouter SFP bridged interfaces are enabled for hardware offloading. The command to enable offloading is ‘hwnat’.

Now the similarities:
• Work great in a SOHO (Small Office Home Office) setup
• Offered at great price-performance ratio
• Not plug and play routers -require an understanding of networking basics for easy setup
• Similar features for hardware offloading (with the exception cited above) and IPsec Offloading

The two routers are compared in details below:

EdgeRouter PoE	EdgeRouter X-SFP
Model ERPoe-5	Model ER-X-SFP
Gigabit Ports 5	Gigabit Ports 5
SFP Ports N/A	SFP Ports 1
Switch Chip Yes	Switch Chip Yes
Max Consumption (Without PoE) 7W	Max Consumption (Without PoE) 5W
Power Input 48 VDC	Power Input 24 VDC
DC Voltage 38 - 54V	DC Voltage 9 - 26V
PoE Output N/A	PoE Output 24V Passive PoE
PoE OUT Port Count 5	PoE OUT Port Count 5
PoE OUT Voltage 22 - 24V, 45 - 48V	PoE OUT Voltage 9 - 26V
PoE OUT Max. Total 50W	PoE OUT Max. Total 50W
Networking Interfaces Serial Console Port - (1) RJ45 Serial Port Data Ports - (2) 10/100/1000 Ethernet Router Ports (3) 10/100/1000 Ethernet Router/Switch Ports	Networking Interfaces Data/PoE Output Port - (5) 10/100/1000 RJ45 Ports Data Ports - (1) 100/1000 SFP Port
Routing (Fast-Path) - 1518 bytes packets Throughput - 3 Gbps Pps - 240,000	Routing (Fast-Path) - 1518 bytes packets Throughput - 1 Gbps Pps - 80,000
Routing (Fast-Path) - 64 bytes packets Throughput - 490 Mbps Pps - 730,000	Routing (Fast-Path) - 64 bytes packets Throughput - 957 Mbps Pps - 1,400,000
Power 48VDC, 1.25A Power Adapter (Included)	Power 24VDC, 2.5A Power Adapter (Included)
LEDs Per Port Serial Console Port - Power Data Ports - PoE, Speed/Link/Activity	LEDs Per Port Power, Link/Activity (6), PoE (5)
Processor Dual-Core 500 MHz, MIPS64 with Hardware Acceleration for Packet Processing	Processor Dual-Core 880 MHz, MIPS1004Kc
System Memory 512 MB DDR2 RAM	System Memory 256 MB DDR3 RAM
Storage On-Board Flash - 2 GB	Storage 256 MB NAND
Wall-Mount Yes	Wall-Mount Yes
Operating Temperature -10 to 45° C (14 to 113° F)	Operating Temperature -10 to 45° C (14 to 113° F)
Operating Humidity 10 to 90% Non-condensing	Operating Humidity 10 to 90% Non-condensing
Max. Power Consumption 60 W	Max. Power Consumption 5W
Dimensions 200 x 90 x 30 mm (7.87 x 3.54 x 1.18 in)	Dimensions 142 x 75 x 23 mm (5.59 x 2.95 x 0.91in)
Weight 360 g (12.7 oz)	Weight 215 g (7.58 oz)

Summary -
Both EdgeRouter PoE and EdgeRouter SFP work as great SOHO routers and can be setup easily by someone informed about networking basics.

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