5CSXC2 vs A3C 025
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSXC2 and the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 025 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CSXC2 | A3C 025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Altera Agilex 3 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 18,860 | 17,000 |
| LUTs as published | 9,430 ALMs | 8,500 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 25,000 LE | 25,075 LE |
| DSP | 36 variable-precision DSP blocks | 34 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 1.4 Mb | 1.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 145 | 256 |
| Transceivers | 6 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | None |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | None |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 | 2× Arm Cortex-A55 (optional) |
| Process | 28 nm | Intel 7 |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 1 | 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 5CSXC2 has about 11% more logic capacity (18.9K vs 17K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the 5CSXC2 has 36 variable-precision DSP blocks against 34 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A3C 025.
Only the 5CSXC2 has multi-gigabit transceivers (6 3.125 Gb/s).
The 5CSXC2 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A3C 025 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CSXC2 (Cyclone V) and A3C 025 (Agilex 3).