A3C 135 vs A5E 013B
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 135 and the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 013B using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A3C 135 | A5E 013B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 3 | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 91,600 | 93,600 |
| LUTs as published | 45,800 ALMs | 46,800 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 135,110 LE | 138,060 LE |
| DSP | 184 variable-precision DSP blocks | 188 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 6.9 Mb | 7 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 91.6K and 93.6K LUT4 equivalents.
For arithmetic, the A5E 013B has 188 variable-precision DSP blocks against 184 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A3C 135.
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the A3C 135 and 4 at up to 17 Gb/s on the A5E 013B.
The A3C 135 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the A5E 013B with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A3C 135 (Agilex 3) and A5E 013B (Agilex 5 E-Series).