http://people.netfilter.org/hawk/presentations/nfws2014/dp-accel-10G-challenge.pdf
Wirespeed smallest frame Sgine CPU core
Ethernet specific (20 bytes)
- 12 bytes = inter-frame gap
- 8 bytes = MAC preamble
Ethernet frame (64 bytes)
- 14 bytes = MAC header
- 46 bytes = Minimum payload size
- 4 bytes = Ethernet CRC
=> Minimum size Ethernet frame is 84 bytes (20 + 64)
Peak packet rate: 14,880,952 pps
= 10*10*9 bps / 84 bytes * 8