5CGXC4 vs M2GL050
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGXC4 and the Microchip IGLOO2 M2GL050 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGXC4 | M2GL050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Microchip IGLOO2 |
| LUTs as published | 18,868 ALMs | 56,340 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.) | ≈37,736 | ≈56,340 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 50,000 LE | 56,340 LE |
| DSP | 70 variable-precision DSP blocks | 72 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 2.4 Mb | 1.2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 336 | 377 |
| Transceivers | 6 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (flash) |
| Packages | 5 | 4 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
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 M2GL050 has about 49% more logic capacity (56.3K vs 37.7K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGXC4 is built from ALMs and the M2GL050 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (18.9K vs 56.3K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the M2GL050 has 72 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 70 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CGXC4.
The 5CGXC4 has more on-chip memory (2.4 Mb vs 1.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 6 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CGXC4 and 8 at up to 5 Gb/s on the M2GL050.
Configuration memory: sram on the 5CGXC4, non-volatile (flash) on the M2GL050.
The 5CGXC4 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the M2GL050 with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGXC4 (Cyclone V) and M2GL050 (IGLOO2).