10AX090 vs GX 850
A comparison of the Altera Arria 10 10AX090 and the Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX GX 850 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10AX090 | GX 850 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria 10 | Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 679,240 | 569,920 |
| LUTs as published | 339,620 ALMs | 284,960 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 1,180,000 LE | 841,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,518 variable-precision DSP blocks | 2,016 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 47.3 Mb | 68 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 768 | 688 |
| Transceivers | 96 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s | 32 × XCVR 28.3 Gb/s, 16 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x8 | Gen3 x16 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 20 nm | 14 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 1 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Altera Quartus Prime |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The 10AX090 has about 19% more logic capacity (679K vs 570K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GX 850 has 2,016 variable-precision DSP blocks against 1,518 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 10AX090.
The GX 850 has more on-chip memory (68 Mb vs 47.3 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 96 at up to 17.4 Gb/s on the 10AX090 and 48 at up to 28.3 Gb/s on the GX 850.
The 10AX090 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GX 850 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10AX090 (Arria 10) and GX 850 (Stratix 10 GX/SX).