5AGXA7 vs EP4SGX180
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGXA7 and the Altera Stratix IV EP4SGX180 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGXA7 | EP4SGX180 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | Altera Stratix IV |
| LUTs as published | 91,680 ALMs | 70,300 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 | ≈140,600 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 242,000 LE | 176,000 LE |
| DSP | 800 variable-precision DSP blocks | 920 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 13.3 Mb | 11.2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 544 | 736 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 6.5536 Gb/s | 24 × XCVR 8.5 Gb/s, 12 × XCVR 6.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| 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 5AGXA7 has about 30% more logic capacity (183K vs 141K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4SGX180 has 920 18×18 multipliers against 800 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5AGXA7.
The 5AGXA7 has more on-chip memory (13.3 Mb vs 11.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 6.5536 Gb/s on the 5AGXA7 and 36 at up to 8.5 Gb/s on the EP4SGX180.
The 5AGXA7 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the EP4SGX180 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGXA7 (Arria V) and EP4SGX180 (Stratix IV).