5CGTD9 vs LFE3-150EA
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGTD9 and the Lattice LatticeECP3 LFE3-150EA using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGTD9 | LFE3-150EA | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Lattice LatticeECP3 |
| LUTs as published | 113,560 ALMs | 149,000 LUT4 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈227,120 | ≈149,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 301,000 LE | — |
| DSP | 342 variable-precision DSP blocks | 320 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 11.9 Mb | 6.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 560 | 586 |
| Transceivers | 12 × XCVR 6.144 Gb/s | 16 × SERDES 3.2 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Diamond |
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 5CGTD9 has about 52% more logic capacity (227K vs 149K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGTD9 is built from ALMs and the LFE3-150EA from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (114K vs 149K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5CGTD9 has 342 variable-precision DSP blocks against 320 18×18 multipliers on the LFE3-150EA.
The 5CGTD9 has more on-chip memory (11.9 Mb vs 6.7 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 12 at up to 6.144 Gb/s on the 5CGTD9 and 16 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the LFE3-150EA.
The 5CGTD9 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime; open source: Yosys + nextpnr-mistral (experimental) with Mistral and the LFE3-150EA with Lattice Diamond.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGTD9 (Cyclone V) and LFE3-150EA (LatticeECP3).