5CGXC4 vs XCSU45P
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGXC4 and the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ XCSU45P using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGXC4 | XCSU45P | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Spartan UltraScale+ |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 37,736 | 38,400 |
| LUTs as published | 18,868 ALMs | 24,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 50,000 LE | 53,000 SLC |
| DSP | 70 variable-precision DSP blocks | 96 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 2.4 Mb | 2.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 336 | 262 |
| Transceivers | 6 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × GTH 16.3 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen4 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 3 |
| 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 37.7K and 38.4K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGXC4 is built from ALMs and the XCSU45P from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (18.9K vs 24K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XCSU45P has 96 DSP slices against 70 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CGXC4.
Both have transceivers: 6 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CGXC4 and 4 at up to 16.3 Gb/s on the XCSU45P.
The 5CGXC4 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XCSU45P with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGXC4 (Cyclone V) and XCSU45P (Spartan UltraScale+).