5CGTD7 vs XC6SLX150T
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGTD7 and the AMD Spartan-6 XC6SLX150T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGTD7 | XC6SLX150T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Spartan-6 |
| LUTs as published | 56,480 ALMs | 92,152 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 | ≈147,443 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 150,000 LE | 147,443 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 | 540 |
| Transceivers | 9 × XCVR 6.144 Gb/s | 8 × GTP 3.2 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen1 x1 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 4 |
| 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 XC6SLX150T has about 31% more logic capacity (147K vs 113K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGTD7 is built from ALMs and the XC6SLX150T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (56.5K vs 92.2K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC6SLX150T has 180 DSP48A1 slices against 156 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CGTD7.
The 5CGTD7 has more on-chip memory (6.7 Mb vs 4.7 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 9 at up to 6.144 Gb/s on the 5CGTD7 and 8 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the XC6SLX150T.
The 5CGTD7 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime; open source: Yosys + nextpnr-mistral (experimental) with Mistral and the XC6SLX150T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGTD7 (Cyclone V) and XC6SLX150T (Spartan-6).