10AX032 vs MPF300T
A comparison of the Altera Arria 10 10AX032 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF300T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10AX032 | MPF300T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria 10 | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 237,460 | 300,000 |
| LUTs as published | 118,730 ALMs | 300,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 419,000 LE | 300,000 LE |
| DSP | 985 variable-precision DSP blocks | 924 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 17.4 Mb | 18.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 384 | 512 |
| 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
The MPF300T has about 26% more logic capacity (300K vs 237K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 10AX032 is built from ALMs and the MPF300T from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (119K vs 300K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 10AX032 has 985 variable-precision DSP blocks against 924 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPF300T.
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 17.4 Gb/s on the 10AX032 and 16 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF300T.
Configuration memory: sram on the 10AX032, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF300T.
The 10AX032 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPF300T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10AX032 (Arria 10) and MPF300T (PolarFire).