5AGZE7 vs GX 650
A comparison of the Altera Arria V 5AGZE7 and the Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX GX 650 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5AGZE7 | GX 650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria V | Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX |
| LUTs as published | 169,800 ALMs | 207,360 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.) | ≈339,600 | ≈414,720 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 450,000 LE | 612,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,139 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,152 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 33.2 Mb | 49 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 674 | 392 |
| Transceivers | 36 × XCVR 12.5 Gb/s | 16 × XCVR 28.3 Gb/s, 8 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x8 | Gen3 x16 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 1 |
| 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 GX 650 has about 22% more logic capacity (415K vs 340K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GX 650 has 1,152 variable-precision DSP blocks against 1,139 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5AGZE7.
The GX 650 has more on-chip memory (49 Mb vs 33.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the 5AGZE7 and 24 at up to 28.3 Gb/s on the GX 650.
The 5AGZE7 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GX 650 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5AGZE7 (Arria V) and GX 650 (Stratix 10 GX/SX).