10CL006 vs GW1NS-4C
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone 10 LP 10CL006 and the Gowin LittleBee GW1NS-4C using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10CL006 | GW1NS-4C | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone 10 LP | Gowin LittleBee |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 6,000 | 4,608 |
| LUTs as published | 6,000 LUT4 | 4,608 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 6,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 15 18×18 multipliers | 16 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.3 Mb | 0.2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 176 | 106 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | 1× Cortex-M3 |
| Process | 60 nm | 55 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Embedded flash |
| Packages | 2 | 5 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Gowin EDA |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The 10CL006 has about 30% more logic capacity (6K vs 4.6K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GW1NS-4C has 16 18×18 multipliers against 15 18×18 multipliers on the 10CL006.
The 10CL006 has more on-chip memory (0.3 Mb vs 0.2 Mb).
The GW1NS-4C includes a hard Cortex-M3 processor, while the 10CL006 does not.
Configuration memory: sram on the 10CL006, embedded flash on the GW1NS-4C.
The 10CL006 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW1NS-4C with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10CL006 (Cyclone 10 LP) and GW1NS-4C (LittleBee).