5CEA2 vs LFD2NX-25
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CEA2 and the Lattice Certus-NX LFD2NX-25 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CEA2 | LFD2NX-25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Lattice Certus-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 18,860 | 20,833 |
| LUTs as published | 9,430 ALMs | 20,833 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 25,000 LE | 25,000 LC |
| DSP | 25 variable-precision DSP blocks | 20 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 1.7 Mb | 1.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 0.5 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 224 | 311 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Radiant |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The LFD2NX-25 has about 10% more logic capacity (20.8K vs 18.9K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CEA2 is built from ALMs and the LFD2NX-25 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (9.4K vs 20.8K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5CEA2 has 25 variable-precision DSP blocks against 20 18×18 multipliers on the LFD2NX-25.
The 5CEA2 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LFD2NX-25 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CEA2 (Cyclone V) and LFD2NX-25 (Certus-NX).