5CEA7 vs XC7S100
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CEA7 and the AMD Spartan-7 XC7S100 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CEA7 | XC7S100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Spartan-7 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 112,960 | 102,400 |
| LUTs as published | 56,480 ALMs | 64,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 150,000 LE | 102,400 LC |
| DSP | 156 variable-precision DSP blocks | 160 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 6.7 Mb | 4.2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 480 | 400 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD Vivado |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The 5CEA7 has about 10% more logic capacity (113K vs 102K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CEA7 is built from ALMs and the XC7S100 from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (56.5K vs 64K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC7S100 has 160 DSP slices against 156 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CEA7.
The 5CEA7 has more on-chip memory (6.7 Mb vs 4.2 Mb).
The 5CEA7 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7S100 with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CEA7 (Cyclone V) and XC7S100 (Spartan-7).