5SGSD6 vs XC7VX415T
A comparison of the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD6 and the AMD Virtex-7 XC7VX415T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5SGSD6 | XC7VX415T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Stratix V | AMD Virtex-7 |
| LUTs as published | 220,000 ALMs | 257,600 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.) | ≈440,000 | ≈412,160 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 583,000 LE | 412,160 LC |
| DSP | 1,775 variable-precision DSP blocks | 2,160 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 45.3 Mb | 30.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 840 | 600 |
| Transceivers | 48 × GX 14.1 Gb/s | 48 × GTH 13.1 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 | Gen3 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 3 |
| 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: 440K and 412K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the 5SGSD6 is built from ALMs and the XC7VX415T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (220K vs 258K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC7VX415T has 2,160 DSP slices against 1,775 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5SGSD6.
The 5SGSD6 has more on-chip memory (45.3 Mb vs 30.9 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 48 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD6 and 48 at up to 13.1 Gb/s on the XC7VX415T.
The 5SGSD6 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7VX415T with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5SGSD6 (Stratix V) and XC7VX415T (Virtex-7).