5SGSD3 vs MPF200T
A comparison of the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD3 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF200T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5SGSD3 | MPF200T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Stratix V | Microchip PolarFire |
| LUTs as published | 89,000 ALMs | 192,000 LUT4 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈178,000 | ≈192,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 236,000 LE | 192,000 LE |
| DSP | 600 variable-precision DSP blocks | 588 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 13.4 Mb | 12 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 432 | 368 |
| Transceivers | 24 × GX 14.1 Gb/s | 16 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 2 | 5 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
Highlighted values are higher. LUT counts are shown as published; the LUT4 equivalent is an approximation to compare different LUT types, see how FPGA vendors count logic. Add up to two more devices to this comparison.
Key differences
The MPF200T has about 8% more logic capacity (192K vs 178K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5SGSD3 is built from ALMs and the MPF200T from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (89K vs 192K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5SGSD3 has 600 variable-precision DSP blocks against 588 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPF200T.
The 5SGSD3 has more on-chip memory (13.4 Mb vs 12 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD3 and 16 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF200T.
Configuration memory: sram on the 5SGSD3, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF200T.
The 5SGSD3 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPF200T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5SGSD3 (Stratix V) and MPF200T (PolarFire).