5AGXA3 vs Certus-N2 CT16
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGXA3 and the Lattice Certus-N2 Certus-N2 CT16 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGXA3 | Certus-N2 CT16 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | Lattice Certus-N2 |
| LUTs as published | 58,900 ALMs | 98,000 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 | ≈98,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 156,000 LE | 160,000 LC |
| DSP | 396 variable-precision DSP blocks | 360 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 10.3 Mb | 8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 416 | 298 |
| Transceivers | 9 × XCVR 6.5536 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 16 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 4 |
| 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 5AGXA3 has about 20% more logic capacity (118K vs 98K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5AGXA3 is built from ALMs and the Certus-N2 CT16 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (58.9K vs 98K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5AGXA3 has 396 variable-precision DSP blocks against 360 18×18 multipliers on the Certus-N2 CT16.
The 5AGXA3 has more on-chip memory (10.3 Mb vs 8 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 9 at up to 6.5536 Gb/s on the 5AGXA3 and 8 at up to 16 Gb/s on the Certus-N2 CT16.
The 5AGXA3 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the Certus-N2 CT16 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGXA3 (Arria V) and Certus-N2 CT16 (Certus-N2).