FPGA & adaptive SoC databook · online editionRev. 2026.10

5CSTD5 vs A5E 008B

A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSTD5 and the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 008B using the data from both vendors' selection guides.

Side-by-side specifications

5CSTD5A5E 008B
Vendor / familyAltera Cyclone VAltera Agilex 5 E-Series
Logic (LUT4-equivalent)64,14057,760
LUTs as published32,070 ALMs28,880 ALMs
Vendor logic figure85,000 LE85,196 LE
DSP87 variable-precision DSP blocks116 variable-precision DSP blocks
Block RAM3.9 Mb4.5 Mb
Large RAM——
Max. user I/O288392
Transceivers9 × XCVR 6.144 Gb/s4 × XCVR 17 Gb/s
Hard PCI ExpressGen2Gen4 x4
Hard processor2× Arm Cortex-A94× Arm Cortex-A76 + Cortex-A55 (optional)
Process28 nmIntel 7
Configuration memorySRAMSRAM
Packages14
Design toolAltera Quartus PrimeAltera Quartus Prime

Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.

Key differences

The 5CSTD5 has about 11% more logic capacity (64.1K vs 57.8K LUT4 equivalents).

For arithmetic, the A5E 008B has 116 variable-precision DSP blocks against 87 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CSTD5.

The A5E 008B has more on-chip memory (4.5 Mb vs 3.9 Mb).

Both have transceivers: 9 at up to 6.144 Gb/s on the 5CSTD5 and 4 at up to 17 Gb/s on the A5E 008B.

The 5CSTD5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A5E 008B with Altera Quartus Prime.

Full specifications

See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CSTD5 (Cyclone V) and A5E 008B (Agilex 5 E-Series).