A3C 050 vs A5E 007B
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 050 and the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 007B using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A3C 050 | A5E 007B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 3 | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 32,000 | 46,800 |
| LUTs as published | 16,000 ALMs | 23,400 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 47,200 LE | 69,030 LE |
| DSP | 65 variable-precision DSP blocks | 94 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 2.4 Mb | 3.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 256 | 256 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A55 (optional) | 4× Arm Cortex-A76 + Cortex-A55 (optional) |
| Process | Intel 7 | Intel 7 |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Altera Quartus Prime |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The A5E 007B has about 46% more logic capacity (46.8K vs 32K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the A5E 007B has 94 variable-precision DSP blocks against 65 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A3C 050.
The A5E 007B has more on-chip memory (3.5 Mb vs 2.4 Mb).
The A3C 050 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A5E 007B with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A3C 050 (Agilex 3) and A5E 007B (Agilex 5 E-Series).