10AX022 vs 5SGXA3
A comparison of the Altera Arria 10 10AX022 and the Altera Stratix V 5SGXA3 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10AX022 | 5SGXA3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria 10 | Altera Stratix V |
| LUTs as published | 83,730 ALMs | 128,300 ALMs |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈167,460 | ≈256,600 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 288,000 LE | 340,000 LE |
| DSP | 192 variable-precision DSP blocks | 256 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 11.5 Mb | 18.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 288 | 696 |
| Transceivers | 12 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s | 36 × GX 14.1 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x8 | Gen3 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 20 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Altera Quartus Prime |
Highlighted values are higher. LUT counts are shown as published; the LUT4 equivalent is an approximation to compare different LUT types, see how FPGA vendors count logic. Add up to two more devices to this comparison.
Key differences
The 5SGXA3 has about 53% more logic capacity (257K vs 167K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the 5SGXA3 has 256 variable-precision DSP blocks against 192 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 10AX022.
The 5SGXA3 has more on-chip memory (18.7 Mb vs 11.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 12 at up to 17.4 Gb/s on the 10AX022 and 36 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGXA3.
The 10AX022 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the 5SGXA3 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10AX022 (Arria 10) and 5SGXA3 (Stratix V).