A3C 135 vs MPFS095T
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 3 A3C 135 and the Microchip PolarFire SoC MPFS095T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A3C 135 | MPFS095T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 3 | Microchip PolarFire SoC |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 91,600 | 93,000 |
| LUTs as published | 45,800 ALMs | 93,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 135,110 LE | 93,000 LE |
| DSP | 184 variable-precision DSP blocks | 292 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 6.9 Mb | 6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 392 | 276 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 12.5 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x4 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | 2× Arm Cortex-A55 (optional) | 4× RISC-V (RV64GC U54) |
| Process | Intel 7 | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
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 93K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the A3C 135 is built from ALMs and the MPFS095T from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (45.8K vs 93K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the MPFS095T has 292 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 184 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A3C 135.
The A3C 135 has more on-chip memory (6.9 Mb vs 6 Mb).
Configuration memory: sram on the A3C 135, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPFS095T.
The A3C 135 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPFS095T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A3C 135 (Agilex 3) and MPFS095T (PolarFire SoC).