5CSEA2 vs GW5AS-25
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSEA2 and the Gowin Arora V GW5AS-25 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CSEA2 | GW5AS-25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Gowin Arora V |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 18,860 | 23,040 |
| LUTs as published | 9,430 ALMs | 23,040 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 25,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 36 variable-precision DSP blocks | 28 27×18 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 1.4 Mb | 1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 145 | 239 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 | 1× Cortex-M4 |
| Process | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Gowin EDA |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The GW5AS-25 has about 22% more logic capacity (23K vs 18.9K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CSEA2 is built from ALMs and the GW5AS-25 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (9.4K vs 23K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5CSEA2 has 36 variable-precision DSP blocks against 28 27×18 DSP blocks on the GW5AS-25.
The 5CSEA2 has more on-chip memory (1.4 Mb vs 1 Mb).
The 5CSEA2 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW5AS-25 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CSEA2 (Cyclone V) and GW5AS-25 (Arora V).