5AGXA5 vs XC6VLX130T
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGXA5 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX130T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGXA5 | XC6VLX130T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 71,698 ALMs | 80,000 LUT6 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈143,396 | ≈128,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 190,000 LE | 128,000 LC |
| DSP | 600 variable-precision DSP blocks | 480 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 11.5 Mb | 9.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 544 | 600 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 6.5536 Gb/s | 20 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen2 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| 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 5AGXA5 has about 12% more logic capacity (143K vs 128K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5AGXA5 is built from ALMs and the XC6VLX130T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (71.7K vs 80K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5AGXA5 has 600 variable-precision DSP blocks against 480 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX130T.
The 5AGXA5 has more on-chip memory (11.5 Mb vs 9.3 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 6.5536 Gb/s on the 5AGXA5 and 20 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VLX130T.
The 5AGXA5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VLX130T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGXA5 (Arria V) and XC6VLX130T (Virtex-6).