A5D 160 vs SX 2500
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 5 D-Series A5D 160 and the Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX SX 2500 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A5D 160 | SX 2500 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 5 D-Series | Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 1,096,000 | 1,642,300 |
| LUTs as published | 548,000 ALMs | 821,150 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 1,616,600 LE | 2,422,000 LE |
| DSP | 4,968 variable-precision DSP blocks | 5,011 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 156.4 Mb | 195 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 888 | 1,160 |
| Transceivers | 48 × XCVR 28 Gb/s | 64 × XCVR 28.3 Gb/s, 32 × 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 | 3 |
| 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 2500 has about 50% more logic capacity (1642K vs 1096K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the SX 2500 has 5,011 variable-precision DSP blocks against 4,968 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A5D 160.
The SX 2500 has more on-chip memory (195 Mb vs 156.4 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 48 at up to 28 Gb/s on the A5D 160 and 96 at up to 28.3 Gb/s on the SX 2500.
The A5D 160 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the SX 2500 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A5D 160 (Agilex 5 D-Series) and SX 2500 (Stratix 10 GX/SX).