Compare Sophos Desktop XGS 136 Gen1 vs Sophos XGS 138 Gen2 specifications
Posted by undefined Saif Khan on 2025 Jan 16th
Today we're comparing Sophos Firewall XGS 136 Gen1 and Sophos XGS 138 Gen2.
Both these firewall belong to the Sophos Fireawall XGS Desktop. Sophos XGS 138 Gen2 is the latest upgraded version and provides increased performance boost in comparison to Gen1 model. Both Firewalls can be licensed with Sophos Firewall Standard and Xstream Licenses.
Important advantage with Sophos XGS 138 Gen2 over Sophos XGS 136 Gen1 is that with Sophos XGS 138 Gen2 has 5G module add-on capability.
While we're discussing pricing, please not that any system with purchase value of $5000+ is allegeable for great discounts if you send your request for quotes here.
The prices shown are for security appliances only. SFOS licenses are extra and can be purchased as a bundle.
| SPECIFICATIONS | Sophos XGS 136 gen1 | Sophos XGS 138 gen2 |
| Price | $1790 | $1590 |
| Licenses for HA | 1 | 1 |
| Performance: | ||
| Firewall Throughput | 7700 Mbps | 19100 Mbps |
| NGFW | 2200 Mbps | 5100 Mbps |
| Threat Protection | 685 Mbps | 4750 Mbps |
| TLS Inspection | 650 Mbps | 1700 Mbps |
| IPS | 2000 Mbps | 5850 Mbps |
| Latency (64B UDP) | 8 micro secs | - |
| Interfaces and Modules: | ||
| Fixed ports | ||
| GE copper ports | 10 | 4 |
| SFP slots * | 2 | na |
| Power-over-Ethernet (PoE 802.3at 30W max) - 2.5 GE | 2 | 2 |
| 10 GE SFP+ ports | na | 2 |
| GE RJ45 Shared media ports | ||
| GE Management RJ45 port | 1 | 1 |
| GE HA port | na | na |
| Comm port RJ45 | 1 | 1 |
| Other Ports: | ||
| USB 3.0 | 1 (rear) | 1 (rear) |
| USB 2.0 | 1 (front) | 1 (front) |
| Flexi port Module (optional): | 1 | 1 |
| 3G/4G module | 1 | na |
| 5G Module | 1 | 1 |
| 2nd Wifi-5 Module (802.11ac module), for w-model only | 1 | na |
| SFP VDSL modem Module | 1 | na |
| GbE Fibre | na | na |
| Redundancy: | ||
| 2nd Power Supply | 1 (optional) | 1 (optional) |
| Dual SSD | na | na |
NOTES: * Transceivers sold separately
Both firewalls have cloud management capability via Sophos Central.
Additional cloud storage can be purchased for upto1 year of data retention making management of these firewalls a breeze.
Our recommendation is to always have High Availability setup for every business. This means purchasing a pair of firewalls per location. In case 1 fails, the standby firewall automatically take over thereby allowing business operations continuity. Best part is that you only need 1 license for both firewalls.
If you have any questions about either firewalls or would like to purchase them for your business, do contact us. A human will be there to help!