5CSEA5 vs A3C 065
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSEA5 and the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 065 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CSEA5 | A3C 065 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Altera Agilex 3 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 64,140 | 44,400 |
| LUTs as published | 32,070 ALMs | 22,200 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 85,000 LE | 65,490 LE |
| DSP | 87 variable-precision DSP blocks | 88 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 3.9 Mb | 3.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 288 | 256 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 | 2× Arm Cortex-A55 (optional) |
| Process | 28 nm | Intel 7 |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Altera Quartus Prime |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The 5CSEA5 has about 44% more logic capacity (64.1K vs 44.4K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the A3C 065 has 88 variable-precision DSP blocks against 87 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CSEA5.
The 5CSEA5 has more on-chip memory (3.9 Mb vs 3.3 Mb).
The 5CSEA5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A3C 065 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CSEA5 (Cyclone V) and A3C 065 (Agilex 3).