5AGTC3 vs Mach-N2 MH21D
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGTC3 and the Lattice Mach-N2 Mach-N2 MH21D using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGTC3 | Mach-N2 MH21D | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | Lattice Mach-N2 |
| LUTs as published | 58,900 ALMs | 132,000 LUT4 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈117,800 | ≈132,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 156,000 LE | 215,000 LC |
| DSP | 396 variable-precision DSP blocks | 520 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 10.3 Mb | 10.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 416 | 236 |
| Transceivers | 3 × XCVR 6.5536 Gb/s, 4 × XCVR 10.3125 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 16 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Internal flash |
| Packages | 2 | 1 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Radiant |
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 Mach-N2 MH21D has about 12% more logic capacity (132K vs 118K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5AGTC3 is built from ALMs and the Mach-N2 MH21D from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (58.9K vs 132K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the Mach-N2 MH21D has 520 18×18 multipliers against 396 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5AGTC3.
Both have transceivers: 7 at up to 10.3125 Gb/s on the 5AGTC3 and 4 at up to 16 Gb/s on the Mach-N2 MH21D.
Configuration memory: sram on the 5AGTC3, internal flash on the Mach-N2 MH21D.
The 5AGTC3 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the Mach-N2 MH21D with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGTC3 (Arria V) and Mach-N2 MH21D (Mach-N2).