10AX048 vs MPF500T
A comparison of the Altera Arria 10 10AX048 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF500T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10AX048 | MPF500T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria 10 | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 363,580 | 481,000 |
| LUTs as published | 181,790 ALMs | 481,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 629,000 LE | 481,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,368 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,480 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 28.1 Mb | 29.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 492 | 584 |
| Transceivers | 36 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s | 24 × 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 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 MPF500T has about 32% more logic capacity (481K vs 364K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 10AX048 is built from ALMs and the MPF500T from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (182K vs 481K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the MPF500T has 1,480 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 1,368 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 10AX048.
Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 17.4 Gb/s on the 10AX048 and 24 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF500T.
Configuration memory: sram on the 10AX048, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF500T.
The 10AX048 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPF500T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10AX048 (Arria 10) and MPF500T (PolarFire).