5CEA4 vs LIFCL-40
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CEA4 and the Lattice CrossLink-NX LIFCL-40 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CEA4 | LIFCL-40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Lattice CrossLink-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 | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 5 |
| 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 LIFCL-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 LIFCL-40.
The 5CEA4 has more on-chip memory (3 Mb vs 2.5 Mb).
The 5CEA4 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LIFCL-40 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CEA4 (Cyclone V) and LIFCL-40 (CrossLink-NX).