5CEA5 vs T55
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CEA5 and the Efinix Trion T55 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CEA5 | T55 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Efinix Trion |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 58,160 | 54,195 |
| LUTs as published | 29,080 ALMs | — LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 77,000 LE | 54,195 LE |
| DSP | 150 variable-precision DSP blocks | 150 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 4.4 Mb | 2.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 240 | 278 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Efinix Efinity |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 58.2K and 54.2K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the 5CEA5 is built from ALMs and the T55 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (29.1K vs —) are not directly comparable.
The 5CEA5 has more on-chip memory (4.4 Mb vs 2.7 Mb).
The 5CEA5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the T55 with Efinix Efinity.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CEA5 (Cyclone V) and T55 (Trion).