5AGXB5 vs EP4SGX360
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGXB5 and the Altera Stratix IV EP4SGX360 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGXB5 | EP4SGX360 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | Altera Stratix IV |
| LUTs as published | 158,491 ALMs | 141,440 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 | ≈282,880 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 420,000 LE | 354,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,092 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,040 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 20.1 Mb | 17.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 704 | 904 |
| Transceivers | 36 × XCVR 6.5536 Gb/s | 32 × XCVR 8.5 Gb/s, 16 × 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 | 2 | 5 |
| 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 12% more logic capacity (317K vs 283K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the 5AGXB5 has 1,092 variable-precision DSP blocks against 1,040 18×18 multipliers on the EP4SGX360.
The 5AGXB5 has more on-chip memory (20.1 Mb vs 17.7 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 6.5536 Gb/s on the 5AGXB5 and 48 at up to 8.5 Gb/s on the EP4SGX360.
The 5AGXB5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the EP4SGX360 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGXB5 (Arria V) and EP4SGX360 (Stratix IV).