5CSEA6 vs XCZU1EG
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSEA6 and the AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC XCZU1EG using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CSEA6 | XCZU1EG | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 83,820 | 59,200 |
| LUTs as published | 41,910 ALMs | 37,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 110,000 LE | 81,000 SLC |
| DSP | 112 variable-precision DSP blocks | 216 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 5.4 Mb | 3.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 288 | 180 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 | 4× Arm Cortex-A53 |
| Process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| 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 5CSEA6 has about 42% more logic capacity (83.8K vs 59.2K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5CSEA6 is built from ALMs and the XCZU1EG from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (41.9K vs 37K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XCZU1EG has 216 DSP slices against 112 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CSEA6.
The 5CSEA6 has more on-chip memory (5.4 Mb vs 3.8 Mb).
The 5CSEA6 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XCZU1EG with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CSEA6 (Cyclone V) and XCZU1EG (Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC).