5SGSD4 vs XC7VX330T
A comparison of the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD4 and the AMD Virtex-7 XC7VX330T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5SGSD4 | XC7VX330T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Stratix V | AMD Virtex-7 |
| LUTs as published | 135,840 ALMs | 204,000 LUT6 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈271,680 | ≈326,400 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 360,000 LE | 326,400 LC |
| DSP | 1,044 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,120 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 18.7 Mb | 26.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 696 | 700 |
| Transceivers | 36 × GX 14.1 Gb/s | 28 × GTH 13.1 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 | Gen3 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD Vivado |
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 XC7VX330T has about 20% more logic capacity (326K vs 272K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5SGSD4 is built from ALMs and the XC7VX330T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (136K vs 204K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC7VX330T has 1,120 DSP slices against 1,044 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5SGSD4.
The XC7VX330T has more on-chip memory (26.4 Mb vs 18.7 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD4 and 28 at up to 13.1 Gb/s on the XC7VX330T.
The 5SGSD4 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7VX330T with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5SGSD4 (Stratix V) and XC7VX330T (Virtex-7).