5CEA7 vs XC6SLX100
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CEA7 and the AMD Spartan-6 XC6SLX100 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CEA7 | XC6SLX100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Spartan-6 |
| LUTs as published | 56,480 ALMs | 63,288 LUT6 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈112,960 | ≈101,261 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 150,000 LE | 101,261 LC |
| DSP | 156 variable-precision DSP blocks | 180 DSP48A1 slices |
| Block RAM | 6.7 Mb | 4.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 480 | 480 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD ISE Design Suite |
Highlighted values are higher. LUT counts are shown as published; the LUT4 equivalent is an approximation to compare different LUT types, see how FPGA vendors count logic. Add up to two more devices to this comparison.
Key differences
The 5CEA7 has about 12% more logic capacity (113K vs 101K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CEA7 is built from ALMs and the XC6SLX100 from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (56.5K vs 63.3K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC6SLX100 has 180 DSP48A1 slices against 156 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CEA7.
The 5CEA7 has more on-chip memory (6.7 Mb vs 4.7 Mb).
The 5CEA7 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime; open source: Yosys + nextpnr-mistral (experimental) with Mistral and the XC6SLX100 with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CEA7 (Cyclone V) and XC6SLX100 (Spartan-6).