10CL120 vs GW5A-138
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone 10 LP 10CL120 and the Gowin Arora V GW5A-138 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10CL120 | GW5A-138 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone 10 LP | Gowin Arora V |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 120,000 | 138,240 |
| LUTs as published | 120,000 LUT4 | 138,240 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 120,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 288 18×18 multipliers | 298 27×18 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 3.8 Mb | 6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 525 | 312 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 22 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 1 |
| 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 GW5A-138 has about 15% more logic capacity (138K vs 120K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GW5A-138 has 298 27×18 DSP blocks against 288 18×18 multipliers on the 10CL120.
The GW5A-138 has more on-chip memory (6 Mb vs 3.8 Mb).
The 10CL120 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW5A-138 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10CL120 (Cyclone 10 LP) and GW5A-138 (Arora V).