5SGSD8 vs XC6VSX475T
A comparison of the Altera Stratix V 5SGSD8 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VSX475T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| 5SGSD8 | XC6VSX475T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Stratix V | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 262,400 ALMs | 297,600 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.) | ≈524,800 | ≈476,160 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 695,000 LE | 476,160 LC |
| DSP | 1,963 variable-precision DSP blocks | 2,016 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 50.1 Mb | 37.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 840 | 840 |
| Transceivers | 48 × GX 14.1 Gb/s | 36 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 | Gen2 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD ISE Design Suite |
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 5SGSD8 has about 10% more logic capacity (525K vs 476K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the 5SGSD8 is built from ALMs and the XC6VSX475T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (262K vs 298K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC6VSX475T has 2,016 DSP48E1 slices against 1,963 variable-precision DSP blocks on the 5SGSD8.
The 5SGSD8 has more on-chip memory (50.1 Mb vs 37.4 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 48 at up to 14.1 Gb/s on the 5SGSD8 and 36 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VSX475T.
The 5SGSD8 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VSX475T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: 5SGSD8 (Stratix V) and XC6VSX475T (Virtex-6).