5CSXC5 vs A3C 100
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSXC5 and the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 100 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CSXC5 | A3C 100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Altera Agilex 3 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 64,140 | 68,000 |
| LUTs as published | 32,070 ALMs | 34,000 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 85,000 LE | 100,300 LE |
| DSP | 87 variable-precision DSP blocks | 138 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 3.9 Mb | 5.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 288 | 392 |
| Transceivers | 9 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × XCVR 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen3 x4 |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 | 2× Arm Cortex-A55 (optional) |
| Process | 28 nm | Intel 7 |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 64.1K and 68K LUT4 equivalents.
For arithmetic, the A3C 100 has 138 variable-precision DSP blocks against 87 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CSXC5.
The A3C 100 has more on-chip memory (5.1 Mb vs 3.9 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 9 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CSXC5 and 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the A3C 100.
The 5CSXC5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A3C 100 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CSXC5 (Cyclone V) and A3C 100 (Agilex 3).