5SGSD4 vs MPF300T
A comparison of the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD4 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF300T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5SGSD4 | MPF300T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Stratix V | Microchip PolarFire |
| LUTs as published | 135,840 ALMs | 300,000 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.) | ≈271,680 | ≈300,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | 882 |
| Vendor logic figure | 360,000 LE | 300,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,044 variable-precision DSP blocks | 924 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 18.7 Mb | 18.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 696 | 512 |
| Transceivers | 36 × 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 | 3 | 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 MPF300T has about 10% more logic capacity (300K vs 272K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5SGSD4 is built from ALMs and the MPF300T from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (136K vs 300K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the 5SGSD4 has 1,044 variable-precision DSP blocks against 924 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPF300T.
Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD4 and 16 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF300T.
Configuration memory: sram on the 5SGSD4, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF300T.
The 5SGSD4 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPF300T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5SGSD4 (Stratix V) and MPF300T (PolarFire).