10M16 vs XC6SLX16
A comparison of the Altera MAX 10 10M16 and the AMD Spartan-6 XC6SLX16 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 10M16 | XC6SLX16 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera MAX 10 | AMD Spartan-6 |
| LUTs as published | 16,000 LUT4 | 9,112 LUT6 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈16,000 | ≈14,579 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 16,000 LE | 14,579 LC |
| DSP | 45 18×18 multipliers | 32 DSP48A1 slices |
| Block RAM | 0.5 Mb | 0.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 320 | 232 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 55 nm | 45 nm |
| Configuration memory | Internal flash | SRAM |
| Packages | 6 | 4 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD ISE Design Suite |
Highlighted values are higher. LUT counts are shown as published; the LUT4 equivalent is an approximation to compare different LUT types, see how FPGA vendors count logic. Add up to two more devices to this comparison.
Key differences
The 10M16 has about 10% more logic capacity (16K vs 14.6K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 10M16 is built from LUT4 and the XC6SLX16 from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (16K vs 9.1K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 10M16 has 45 18×18 multipliers against 32 DSP48A1 slices on the XC6SLX16.
Configuration memory: internal flash on the 10M16, sram on the XC6SLX16.
The 10M16 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6SLX16 with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 10M16 (MAX 10) and XC6SLX16 (Spartan-6).