Difference between Fortigate 40F, 60F, 80F, and 100F Models » Network Interview

Byadmin July 11, 2026

Fortigate 40F, 60F, 80F and 100F models differ in performance and scalability and are meant to address all types of businesses. While choosing a firewall one has to have a balanced approach and consider functionality and fit.

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Fortigate Next generation firewalls (NGFW) are meant for data protection, users and assets across hybrid environments. These are high performance firewalls which provide a range of network security functions to enterprises.

Fortigate range of firewalls are meant for all business sizes be it small, medium and large networks. These are called NGFW because they go beyond simple packet filtering to block malicious traffic but also provide capabilities of intrusion prevention, anti-virus, web filtering, and application aware firewall functions.

In today’s article we will understand the difference between different models of Fortigate firewalls – 40F, 60F, 80F and 100G, their key differences and uses.

Fortigate 40F, 60F, 80F and 100F Models

Fortigate firewalls are built to address all business size needs depending on performance, scalability, workload etc. They are powered with intuitive FortiOS operation and proprietary FortiASIC processors for robust performance and security.

Choice of firewall would depend on number of factors as under:

Number of users need to connect to network
What is current and anticipated bandwidth requirements
What security services you want to implement such as intrusion prevention, Antivirus, web filtering, SSL inspection etc.
VPN services required for security connectivity of remote users
Number of wired connections required

Comparison: Fortigate 40F vs 60F vs 80F vs 100F

Features	Fortigate 40F	Fortigate 60F	Fortigate 80F	Fortigate 100F
Throughput	5 Gbps throughput supported	10 Gbps throughput supported	20 Gbps throughput supported	40 Gbps throughput supported
Threat protection	600 Mbps throughput supported	1.4 Gbps throughput supported	2.8 Gbps throughput supported	4.6 Gbps throughput supported
VPN throughput	490 Mbps throughput supported	6 Gbps throughput supported	12 Gbps throughput supported	20 Gbps throughput supported
Concurrent sessions	7.0 lac concurrent sessions are supported	1.2 million concurrent sessions are supported	2.4 million concurrent sessions are supported	3.2 million concurrent sessions are supported
New sessions	35,000 new sessions supported	40,000 new sessions supported	60,000 new sessions supported	80,000 new sessions supported
Slots (SFP)	No SFP port	2 SFP slots	2 SFP slots	2 SFP slots
Ports (USB)	1 USB (2.0)	1 USB (2.0)	1 USB (2.0)	2 USB (2.0)
Power supply	100 v – 240 v AC and external DC power	100 v – 240 v AC and internally built	100 v – 240 v AC and internally built	100 v – 240 v AC and internally built
Rack mountable	It is not rack mountable	It is not rack mountable	It is not rack mountable	It is rack mountable
Other features	Built-in SD-WAN IPS Content filtering	High speed Secure VPN Advanced threat protection Web filtering	IPS Anti-virus Cloud sandboxing Web and video filtering	Web security IPS IOT device protection Data loss prevention
Meant for	Small businesses	Small to mid-size businesses	Mid-size businesses	Large size businesses