10AX027 vs MPF200T
A comparison of the Altera Arria 10 10AX027 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF200T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10AX027 | MPF200T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria 10 | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 203,240 | 192,000 |
| LUTs as published | 101,620 ALMs | 192,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 354,000 LE | 192,000 LE |
| DSP | 830 variable-precision DSP blocks | 588 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 14.7 Mb | 12 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 384 | 368 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s | 16 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x8 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 20 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 3 | 5 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 203K and 192K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the 10AX027 is built from ALMs and the MPF200T from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (102K vs 192K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 10AX027 has 830 variable-precision DSP blocks against 588 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPF200T.
The 10AX027 has more on-chip memory (14.7 Mb vs 12 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 17.4 Gb/s on the 10AX027 and 16 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF200T.
Configuration memory: sram on the 10AX027, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF200T.
The 10AX027 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPF200T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10AX027 (Arria 10) and MPF200T (PolarFire).