5CSXC4 vs A5E 008B
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSXC4 and the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 008B using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CSXC4 | A5E 008B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 31,760 | 57,760 |
| LUTs as published | 15,880 ALMs | 28,880 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 40,000 LE | 85,196 LE |
| DSP | 84 variable-precision DSP blocks | 116 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 2.6 Mb | 4.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 145 | 392 |
| Transceivers | 6 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × XCVR 17 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen4 x4 |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 | 4× Arm Cortex-A76 + Cortex-A55 (optional) |
| Process | 28 nm | Intel 7 |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 1 | 4 |
| 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 A5E 008B has about 82% more logic capacity (57.8K vs 31.8K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the A5E 008B has 116 variable-precision DSP blocks against 84 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CSXC4.
The A5E 008B has more on-chip memory (4.5 Mb vs 2.6 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 6 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CSXC4 and 4 at up to 17 Gb/s on the A5E 008B.
The 5CSXC4 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: 5CSXC4 (Cyclone V) and A5E 008B (Agilex 5 E-Series).