5SGSD5 vs XC2KU050P

A comparison of the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD5 and the AMD Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 XC2KU050P using the data from both vendors' selection guides.

Side-by-side specifications

	5SGSD5	XC2KU050P
Vendor / family	Altera Stratix V	AMD Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2
LUTs as published	172,600 ALMs	225,000 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.)	≈345,200	≈360,000
CoreScore (SERV cores)	1,152	—
Vendor logic figure	457,000 LE	491,000 SLC
DSP	1,590 variable-precision DSP blocks	1,872 DSP slices
Block RAM	39.3 Mb	17.7 Mb
Large RAM	—	27 Mb
Max. user I/O	696	516
Transceivers	36 × GX 14.1 Gb/s	24 × GTY 32.75 Gb/s
Hard PCI Express	Gen3	Gen4 x8
Hard processor	None	None
Process	28 nm	16 nm
Configuration memory	SRAM	SRAM
Packages	2	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

Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 345K and 360K LUT4 equivalents.

They use different logic architectures: the 5SGSD5 is built from ALMs and the XC2KU050P from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (173K vs 225K) are not directly comparable.

For arithmetic, the XC2KU050P has 1,872 DSP slices against 1,590 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5SGSD5.

The XC2KU050P has more on-chip memory (44.7 Mb vs 39.3 Mb).

Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD5 and 24 at up to 32.75 Gb/s on the XC2KU050P.

The 5SGSD5 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC2KU050P with AMD Vivado.

Full specifications

See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5SGSD5 (Stratix V) and XC2KU050P (Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2).