A3C 100 vs A5E 013A
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 100 and the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 013A using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A3C 100 | A5E 013A | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 3 | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 68,000 | 93,600 |
| LUTs as published | 34,000 ALMs | 46,800 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 100,300 LE | 138,060 LE |
| DSP | 138 variable-precision DSP blocks | 188 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 5.1 Mb | 7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 392 | 392 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 12.5 Gb/s | 4 × XCVR 28 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 | 2 |
| 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 013A has about 38% more logic capacity (93.6K vs 68K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the A5E 013A has 188 variable-precision DSP blocks against 138 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A3C 100.
The A5E 013A has more on-chip memory (7 Mb vs 5.1 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the A3C 100 and 4 at up to 28 Gb/s on the A5E 013A.
The A3C 100 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A5E 013A with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A3C 100 (Agilex 3) and A5E 013A (Agilex 5 E-Series).