10CL016 vs GW2AR-18
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone 10 LP 10CL016 and the Gowin Arora II GW2AR-18 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10CL016 | GW2AR-18 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone 10 LP | Gowin Arora II |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 16,000 | 20,736 |
| LUTs as published | 16,000 LUT4 | 20,736 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 16,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 56 18×18 multipliers | 48 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.5 Mb | 0.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 340 | 384 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 55 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 9 |
| 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 GW2AR-18 has about 30% more logic capacity (20.7K vs 16K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the 10CL016 has 56 18×18 multipliers against 48 18×18 multipliers on the GW2AR-18.
The GW2AR-18 has more on-chip memory (0.8 Mb vs 0.5 Mb).
The 10CL016 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW2AR-18 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10CL016 (Cyclone 10 LP) and GW2AR-18 (Arora II).