A3C 025 vs M2S010
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 025 and the Microchip SmartFusion2 M2S010 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A3C 025 | M2S010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 3 | Microchip SmartFusion2 |
| LUTs as published | 8,500 ALMs | 12,084 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.) | ≈17,000 | ≈12,084 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 25,075 LE | 12,084 LE |
| DSP | 34 variable-precision DSP blocks | 22 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 1.3 Mb | 0.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 256 | 233 |
| Transceivers | None | 4 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A55 (optional) | 1× Arm Cortex-M3 |
| Process | Intel 7 | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (flash) |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| 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 A3C 025 has about 41% more logic capacity (17K vs 12.1K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the A3C 025 is built from ALMs and the M2S010 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (8.5K vs 12.1K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the A3C 025 has 34 variable-precision DSP blocks against 22 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the M2S010.
The A3C 025 has more on-chip memory (1.3 Mb vs 0.4 Mb).
Only the M2S010 has multi-gigabit transceivers (4 5 Gb/s).
Configuration memory: sram on the A3C 025, non-volatile (flash) on the M2S010.
The A3C 025 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the M2S010 with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A3C 025 (Agilex 3) and M2S010 (SmartFusion2).