5CGXC9 vs MPF200T
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGXC9 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF200T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGXC9 | MPF200T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 227,120 | 192,000 |
| LUTs as published | 113,560 ALMs | 192,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 301,000 LE | 192,000 LE |
| DSP | 342 variable-precision DSP blocks | 588 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 11.9 Mb | 12 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 560 | 368 |
| Transceivers | 12 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 16 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 5 | 5 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The 5CGXC9 has about 18% more logic capacity (227K vs 192K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGXC9 is built from ALMs and the MPF200T from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (114K vs 192K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the MPF200T has 588 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 342 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CGXC9.
Both have transceivers: 12 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CGXC9 and 16 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF200T.
Configuration memory: sram on the 5CGXC9, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF200T.
The 5CGXC9 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPF200T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGXC9 (Cyclone V) and MPF200T (PolarFire).