10AX057 vs 5SGSD8
A comparison of the Altera Arria 10 10AX057 and the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD8 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10AX057 | 5SGSD8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria 10 | Altera Stratix V |
| LUTs as published | 217,080 ALMs | 262,400 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.) | ≈434,160 | ≈524,800 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 747,000 LE | 695,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,523 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,963 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 35.2 Mb | 50.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 696 | 840 |
| Transceivers | 48 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s | 48 × 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 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 5SGSD8 has about 21% more logic capacity (525K vs 434K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the 5SGSD8 has 1,963 variable-precision DSP blocks against 1,523 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 10AX057.
The 5SGSD8 has more on-chip memory (50.1 Mb vs 35.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 48 at up to 17.4 Gb/s on the 10AX057 and 48 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD8.
The 10AX057 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the 5SGSD8 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10AX057 (Arria 10) and 5SGSD8 (Stratix V).