QEMU/Devices/Network: Difference between revisions

| 10 Gb/s (as reported by link rate)

| The fastest paravirtualized network adapter QEMU supports. Modern Linux (and the last Intel macOS releases) have a built in driver, but Windows requires installation of a special driver. Its throughput is limited only by network conditions (topping at about 60-70 Gb/s on a Windows guest). Additionally, with supported network types (TAP, Open vSwitch, etc...), virtio supports vhost for moving the data plane into the kernel, reducing context switches and increasing performance further.