A3C 100 vs A5E 008B
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 100 and the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 008B using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A3C 100 | A5E 008B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 3 | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 68,000 | 57,760 |
| LUTs as published | 34,000 ALMs | 28,880 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 100,300 LE | 85,196 LE |
| DSP | 138 variable-precision DSP blocks | 116 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 5.1 Mb | 4.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 392 | 392 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 12.5 Gb/s | 4 × XCVR 17 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x4 | Gen4 x4 |
| 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 | 4 |
| 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 100 has about 18% more logic capacity (68K vs 57.8K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the A3C 100 has 138 variable-precision DSP blocks against 116 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A5E 008B.
The A3C 100 has more on-chip memory (5.1 Mb vs 4.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the A3C 100 and 4 at up to 17 Gb/s on the A5E 008B.
The A3C 100 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A5E 008B with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A3C 100 (Agilex 3) and A5E 008B (Agilex 5 E-Series).