5CSXC6 vs A3C 135
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone V 5CSXC6 and the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 135 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5CSXC6 | A3C 135 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone V | Altera Agilex 3 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 83,820 | 91,600 |
| LUTs as published | 41,910 ALMs | 45,800 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 110,000 LE | 135,110 LE |
| DSP | 112 variable-precision DSP blocks | 184 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 5.4 Mb | 6.9 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
The A3C 135 has about 9% more logic capacity (91.6K vs 83.8K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the A3C 135 has 184 variable-precision DSP blocks against 112 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5CSXC6.
The A3C 135 has more on-chip memory (6.9 Mb vs 5.4 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 9 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the 5CSXC6 and 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the A3C 135.
The 5CSXC6 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A3C 135 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5CSXC6 (Cyclone V) and A3C 135 (Agilex 3).