10CX085 vs Certus-N2 CT06
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone 10 GX 10CX085 and the Lattice Certus-N2 Certus-N2 CT06 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10CX085 | Certus-N2 CT06 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone 10 GX | Lattice Certus-N2 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 62,000 | 40,000 |
| LUTs as published | 31,000 ALMs | 40,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 85,000 LE | 65,000 LC |
| DSP | 84 variable-precision DSP blocks | 120 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 5.7 Mb | 4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 192 | 196 |
| Transceivers | 6 × XCVR 12.5 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 16 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 20 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Radiant |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The 10CX085 has about 55% more logic capacity (62K vs 40K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 10CX085 is built from ALMs and the Certus-N2 CT06 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (31K vs 40K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the Certus-N2 CT06 has 120 18×18 multipliers against 84 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 10CX085.
The 10CX085 has more on-chip memory (5.7 Mb vs 4 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 6 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the 10CX085 and 4 at up to 16 Gb/s on the Certus-N2 CT06.
The 10CX085 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the Certus-N2 CT06 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10CX085 (Cyclone 10 GX) and Certus-N2 CT06 (Certus-N2).