5AGXA5 vs 5SGSD3
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGXA5 and the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD3 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGXA5 | 5SGSD3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | Altera Stratix V |
| LUTs as published | 71,698 ALMs | 89,000 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.) | ≈143,396 | ≈178,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 190,000 LE | 236,000 LE |
| DSP | 600 variable-precision DSP blocks | 600 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 11.5 Mb | 13.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 544 | 432 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 6.5536 Gb/s | 24 × GX 14.1 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen3 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 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 5SGSD3 has about 24% more logic capacity (178K vs 143K LUT4 equivalents).
The 5SGSD3 has more on-chip memory (13.4 Mb vs 11.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 6.5536 Gb/s on the 5AGXA5 and 24 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD3.
The 5AGXA5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the 5SGSD3 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGXA5 (Arria V) and 5SGSD3 (Stratix V).