5CGXC3 vs XC7A35T
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGXC3 and the AMD Artix-7 XC7A35T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGXC3 | XC7A35T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Artix-7 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 26,920 | 33,280 |
| LUTs as published | 13,460 ALMs | 20,800 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 36,000 LE | 33,280 LC |
| DSP | 57 variable-precision DSP blocks | 90 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 1.3 Mb | 1.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 208 | 250 |
| Transceivers | 3 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × GTP 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 5 |
| 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 XC7A35T has about 24% more logic capacity (33.3K vs 26.9K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGXC3 is built from ALMs and the XC7A35T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (13.5K vs 20.8K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC7A35T has 90 DSP slices against 57 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CGXC3.
The XC7A35T has more on-chip memory (1.8 Mb vs 1.3 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 3 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CGXC3 and 4 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC7A35T.
The 5CGXC3 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7A35T with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGXC3 (Cyclone V) and XC7A35T (Artix-7).