A5E 043A vs SX 400
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 043A and the Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX SX 400 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A5E 043A | SX 400 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series | Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 294,400 | 256,320 |
| LUTs as published | 147,200 ALMs | 128,160 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 434,240 LE | 378,000 LE |
| DSP | 564 variable-precision DSP blocks | 648 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 20.5 Mb | 30 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 504 | 374 |
| Transceivers | 16 × XCVR 28 Gb/s | 16 × XCVR 28.3 Gb/s, 8 × XCVR 17.4 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen4 x4 | 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 | 2 | 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 A5E 043A has about 15% more logic capacity (294K vs 256K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the SX 400 has 648 variable-precision DSP blocks against 564 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A5E 043A.
The SX 400 has more on-chip memory (30 Mb vs 20.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 16 at up to 28 Gb/s on the A5E 043A and 24 at up to 28.3 Gb/s on the SX 400.
The A5E 043A is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the SX 400 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A5E 043A (Agilex 5 E-Series) and SX 400 (Stratix 10 GX/SX).