5CEA2 vs LIFCL-17
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CEA2 and the Lattice CrossLink-NX LIFCL-17 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CEA2 | LIFCL-17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Lattice CrossLink-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 18,860 | 14,167 |
| LUTs as published | 9,430 ALMs | 14,167 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 25,000 LE | 17,000 LC |
| DSP | 25 variable-precision DSP blocks | 24 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 1.7 Mb | 0.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 2.5 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 224 | 77 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 4 |
| 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 5CEA2 has about 33% more logic capacity (18.9K vs 14.2K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CEA2 is built from ALMs and the LIFCL-17 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (9.4K vs 14.2K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5CEA2 has 25 variable-precision DSP blocks against 24 18×18 multipliers on the LIFCL-17.
The LIFCL-17 has more on-chip memory (2.9 Mb vs 1.7 Mb).
The 5CEA2 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LIFCL-17 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CEA2 (Cyclone V) and LIFCL-17 (CrossLink-NX).