A5E 008B vs M2S090
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 008B and the Microchip SmartFusion2 M2S090 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A5E 008B | M2S090 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series | Microchip SmartFusion2 |
| LUTs as published | 28,880 ALMs | 86,184 LUT4 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈57,760 | ≈86,184 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | 182 | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 85,196 LE | 86,184 LE |
| DSP | 116 variable-precision DSP blocks | 84 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 4.5 Mb | 1.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 392 | 425 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 17 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen4 x4 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | 4× Arm Cortex-A76 + Cortex-A55 (optional) | 1× Arm Cortex-M3 |
| Process | Intel 7 | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (flash) |
| Packages | 4 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
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
The M2S090 has about 49% more logic capacity (86.2K vs 57.8K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the A5E 008B is built from ALMs and the M2S090 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (28.9K vs 86.2K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the A5E 008B has 116 variable-precision DSP blocks against 84 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the M2S090.
The A5E 008B has more on-chip memory (4.5 Mb vs 1.9 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 17 Gb/s on the A5E 008B and 4 at up to 5 Gb/s on the M2S090.
Configuration memory: sram on the A5E 008B, non-volatile (flash) on the M2S090.
The A5E 008B is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the M2S090 with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A5E 008B (Agilex 5 E-Series) and M2S090 (SmartFusion2).