5CGXC9 vs XC7K160T
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGXC9 and the AMD Kintex-7 XC7K160T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGXC9 | XC7K160T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Kintex-7 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 227,120 | 162,240 |
| LUTs as published | 113,560 ALMs | 101,400 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 301,000 LE | 162,240 LC |
| DSP | 342 variable-precision DSP blocks | 600 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 11.9 Mb | 11.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 560 | 400 |
| Transceivers | 12 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 8 × GTX 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 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
The 5CGXC9 has about 40% more logic capacity (227K vs 162K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGXC9 is built from ALMs and the XC7K160T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (114K vs 101K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC7K160T has 600 DSP slices against 342 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CGXC9.
Both have transceivers: 12 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CGXC9 and 8 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the XC7K160T.
The 5CGXC9 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7K160T with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGXC9 (Cyclone V) and XC7K160T (Kintex-7).