5AGZE5 vs XC6VSX315T
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGZE5 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VSX315T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGZE5 | XC6VSX315T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 150,960 ALMs | 196,800 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.) | ≈301,920 | ≈314,880 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 400,000 LE | 314,880 LC |
| DSP | 1,092 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,344 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 28.1 Mb | 24.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 674 | 720 |
| Transceivers | 36 × XCVR 12.5 Gb/s | 24 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x8 | Gen2 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 302K and 315K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the 5AGZE5 is built from ALMs and the XC6VSX315T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (151K vs 197K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC6VSX315T has 1,344 DSP48E1 slices against 1,092 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5AGZE5.
The 5AGZE5 has more on-chip memory (28.1 Mb vs 24.8 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the 5AGZE5 and 24 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VSX315T.
The 5AGZE5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VSX315T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGZE5 (Arria V) and XC6VSX315T (Virtex-6).