What is the difference between XFP and SFP?

Are you familiar with what XFP and SFP are? These are known to be optical modules and they are also used for optic networking. It can be hard to understand technical details but knowing the differences between the two will help. XFP is known to be 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable while the SFP is known to be Small-Form Factor Pluggable.

The SFP is known to be a type of transceiver that will make sure that the signal and the telecommunications are more enhanced. These objects may be different in terms of appearance but they have the same purpose which is to make sure that the signal strength of your computer network will be improved.

SFP+ module and XFP module are both working at 10G data rate but have different specification and power. XFP was released in 2002 that works as a pluggable transceiver and is used with a fiber optic cable to connect to a high-speed network. It was updated in 2005 with a few minor updates.

It can operate at a wavelength of 850 nm, 1310 nm, or 1550 nm. SFP+, on the other hand, was released in 2006 and the updated version on 2009. SPF+ module can support data up to 16 Gbit/s. In terms of compliance, the XFP has a higher rate than the SPF+ with its 10Gbit/s compared to the 8 Gbit/s of the latter. XFP ports only accept XFP transceivers while SFP+ can have a connection to an SFP transceiver.