# Mellanox: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/mellanox

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data center networking](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/index.md) | 0% | 35 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Very strong in performance (low-latency Ethernet) and increasingly affordable for budget builds" (Grok 4.20, Data center networking)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Mellanox, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cisco.com: 2
- hpe.com: 2
- juniper.net: 2
- linkedin.com: 2
- portal.gigaom.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- cloudswit.ch: 1
- datacenterknowledge.com: 1
- e.huawei.com: 1
- g2.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/partners/downloads/lean-ai-ready-data-center-blueprint.pdf: 2
- https://juniper.net/us/en/products/data-center-networking.html: 2
- https://portal.gigaom.com/reprint/gigaom-radar-for-data-center-switching-250821-nokia: 2
- https://cloudswit.ch/blogs/data-center-switch-buying-guide: 1
- https://datacenterknowledge.com/infrastructure/nvidia-overtakes-rivals-in-data-center-ethernet-switching-idc-says: 1
- https://e.huawei.com/en/topic/enterprise-network/2025-gartner-magic-quadrant: 1
- https://g2.com/categories/data-center-networking: 1
- https://gartner.com/en/documents/6308415: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.