5CGXC7 vs LFCPNX-100
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGXC7 and the Lattice CertusPro-NX LFCPNX-100 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGXC7 | LFCPNX-100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Lattice CertusPro-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 112,960 | 80,000 |
| LUTs as published | 56,480 ALMs | 80,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 150,000 LE | 96,000 LC |
| DSP | 156 variable-precision DSP blocks | 156 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 6.7 Mb | 3.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 3.5 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 480 | 305 |
| Transceivers | 9 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 10.3125 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen3 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 5 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Radiant |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The 5CGXC7 has about 41% more logic capacity (113K vs 80K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGXC7 is built from ALMs and the LFCPNX-100 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (56.5K vs 80K) are not directly comparable.
Both have transceivers: 9 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CGXC7 and 8 at up to 10.3125 Gb/s on the LFCPNX-100.
The 5CGXC7 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LFCPNX-100 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGXC7 (Cyclone V) and LFCPNX-100 (CertusPro-NX).