A5D 064 vs SX 850
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 5 D-Series A5D 064 and the Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX SX 850 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A5D 064 | SX 850 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 5 D-Series | Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 436,800 | 569,920 |
| LUTs as published | 218,400 ALMs | 284,960 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 644,280 LE | 841,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,840 variable-precision DSP blocks | 2,016 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 62.6 Mb | 68 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 444 | 688 |
| Transceivers | 32 × XCVR 28 Gb/s | 32 × XCVR 28.3 Gb/s, 16 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen4 x4, Gen4 x8 | Gen3 x16 |
| Hard processor | 4× Arm Cortex-A76 + Cortex-A55 (optional) | 4× Arm Cortex-A53 |
| Process | Intel 7 | 14 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 0 | 1 |
| 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 SX 850 has about 30% more logic capacity (570K vs 437K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the SX 850 has 2,016 variable-precision DSP blocks against 1,840 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A5D 064.
Both have transceivers: 32 at up to 28 Gb/s on the A5D 064 and 48 at up to 28.3 Gb/s on the SX 850.
The A5D 064 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the SX 850 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A5D 064 (Agilex 5 D-Series) and SX 850 (Stratix 10 GX/SX).