A3C 065 vs A5E 005B
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 065 and the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 005B using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A3C 065 | A5E 005B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 3 | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 44,400 | 34,200 |
| LUTs as published | 22,200 ALMs | 17,100 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 65,490 LE | 50,445 LE |
| DSP | 88 variable-precision DSP blocks | 65 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 3.3 Mb | 2.5 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 A3C 065 has about 30% more logic capacity (44.4K vs 34.2K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the A3C 065 has 88 variable-precision DSP blocks against 65 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A5E 005B.
The A3C 065 has more on-chip memory (3.3 Mb vs 2.5 Mb).
The A3C 065 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A5E 005B with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A3C 065 (Agilex 3) and A5E 005B (Agilex 5 E-Series).