5AGXB5 vs 5SGSD4
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGXB5 and the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD4 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGXB5 | 5SGSD4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | Altera Stratix V |
| LUTs as published | 158,491 ALMs | 135,840 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.) | ≈316,982 | ≈271,680 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 420,000 LE | 360,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,092 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,044 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 20.1 Mb | 18.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 704 | 696 |
| Transceivers | 36 × XCVR 6.5536 Gb/s | 36 × 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 | 2 | 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 5AGXB5 has about 17% more logic capacity (317K vs 272K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the 5AGXB5 has 1,092 variable-precision DSP blocks against 1,044 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5SGSD4.
Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 6.5536 Gb/s on the 5AGXB5 and 36 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD4.
The 5AGXB5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the 5SGSD4 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGXB5 (Arria V) and 5SGSD4 (Stratix V).