5CGXC9 vs XCSU200P
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CGXC9 and the AMD Spartan UltraScale+ XCSU200P using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CGXC9 | XCSU200P | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Spartan UltraScale+ |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 227,120 | 160,000 |
| LUTs as published | 113,560 ALMs | 100,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 301,000 LE | 219,000 SLC |
| DSP | 342 variable-precision DSP blocks | 384 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 11.9 Mb | 6.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 18 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 560 | 572 |
| Transceivers | 12 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 8 × GTH 16.3 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen4 x8, Gen4 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 5 |
| 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 42% more logic capacity (227K vs 160K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CGXC9 is built from ALMs and the XCSU200P from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (114K vs 100K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XCSU200P has 384 DSP slices against 342 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CGXC9.
The XCSU200P has more on-chip memory (24.8 Mb vs 11.9 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 12 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CGXC9 and 8 at up to 16.3 Gb/s on the XCSU200P.
The 5CGXC9 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XCSU200P with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CGXC9 (Cyclone V) and XCSU200P (Spartan UltraScale+).