5CEA4 vs LFD2NX-40
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CEA4 and the Lattice Certus-NX LFD2NX-40 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CEA4 | LFD2NX-40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Lattice Certus-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 36,960 | 32,500 |
| LUTs as published | 18,480 ALMs | 32,500 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 49,000 LE | 39,000 LC |
| DSP | 66 variable-precision DSP blocks | 56 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 3 Mb | 1.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 1 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 224 | 191 |
| Transceivers | None | 1 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 3 |
| 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 5CEA4 has about 14% more logic capacity (37K vs 32.5K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CEA4 is built from ALMs and the LFD2NX-40 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (18.5K vs 32.5K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5CEA4 has 66 variable-precision DSP blocks against 56 18×18 multipliers on the LFD2NX-40.
The 5CEA4 has more on-chip memory (3 Mb vs 2.5 Mb).
Only the LFD2NX-40 has multi-gigabit transceivers (1 5 Gb/s).
The 5CEA4 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LFD2NX-40 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CEA4 (Cyclone V) and LFD2NX-40 (Certus-NX).