A5D 051 vs XCZU42DR
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 5 D-Series A5D 051 and the AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC XCZU42DR using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A5D 051 | XCZU42DR | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 5 D-Series | AMD Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC |
| LUTs as published | 174,600 ALMs | 224,000 LUT6 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈349,200 | ≈358,400 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 515,070 LE | 489,000 SLC |
| DSP | 1,472 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,872 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 50.1 Mb | 22.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 45 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 444 | 152 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 28 Gb/s | 8 × GTY 28.21 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen4 x4, Gen4 x8 | None |
| Hard processor | 4× Arm Cortex-A76 + Cortex-A55 (optional) | 4× Arm Cortex-A53 |
| Process | Intel 7 | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 0 | 1 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD Vivado |
Highlighted values are higher. LUT counts are shown as published; the LUT4 equivalent is an approximation to compare different LUT types, see how FPGA vendors count logic. Add up to two more devices to this comparison.
Key differences
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 349K and 358K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the A5D 051 is built from ALMs and the XCZU42DR from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (175K vs 224K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XCZU42DR has 1,872 DSP slices against 1,472 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A5D 051.
The XCZU42DR has more on-chip memory (67.8 Mb vs 50.1 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 28 Gb/s on the A5D 051 and 8 at up to 28.21 Gb/s on the XCZU42DR.
The A5D 051 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XCZU42DR with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A5D 051 (Agilex 5 D-Series) and XCZU42DR (Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC).