10M16 vs GW2ANR-18
A comparison of the Altera MAX 10 10M16 and the Gowin Arora II GW2ANR-18 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10M16 | GW2ANR-18 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera MAX 10 | 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 | 45 18×18 multipliers | 48 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.5 Mb | 0.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 320 | 384 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 55 nm | 55 nm |
| Configuration memory | Internal flash | SRAM |
| Packages | 6 | 0 |
| 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 GW2ANR-18 has about 30% more logic capacity (20.7K vs 16K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GW2ANR-18 has 48 18×18 multipliers against 45 18×18 multipliers on the 10M16.
The GW2ANR-18 has more on-chip memory (0.8 Mb vs 0.5 Mb).
Configuration memory: internal flash on the 10M16, sram on the GW2ANR-18.
The 10M16 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW2ANR-18 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10M16 (MAX 10) and GW2ANR-18 (Arora II).