5AGTC7 vs EP2AGX260
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGTC7 and the Altera Arria II EP2AGX260 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGTC7 | EP2AGX260 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | Altera Arria II |
| LUTs as published | 91,680 ALMs | 102,600 ALMs |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈183,360 | ≈205,200 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 242,000 LE | 244,000 LE |
| DSP | 800 variable-precision DSP blocks | 736 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 13.3 Mb | 8.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 544 | 612 |
| Transceivers | 6 × XCVR 6.5536 Gb/s, 12 × XCVR 10.3125 Gb/s | 16 × XCVR 6.375 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen1 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Altera Quartus Prime |
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 EP2AGX260 has about 12% more logic capacity (205K vs 183K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the 5AGTC7 has 800 variable-precision DSP blocks against 736 18×18 multipliers on the EP2AGX260.
The 5AGTC7 has more on-chip memory (13.3 Mb vs 8.3 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 18 at up to 10.3125 Gb/s on the 5AGTC7 and 16 at up to 6.375 Gb/s on the EP2AGX260.
The 5AGTC7 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the EP2AGX260 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGTC7 (Arria V) and EP2AGX260 (Arria II).