A5E 052B vs TX 400
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 052B and the Altera Stratix 10 TX TX 400 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A5E 052B | TX 400 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series | Altera Stratix 10 TX |
| LUTs as published | 177,600 ALMs | 128,160 ALMs |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈355,200 | ≈256,320 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 523,920 LE | 378,000 LE |
| DSP | 676 variable-precision DSP blocks | 648 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 25.2 Mb | 30 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 504 | 384 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 17 Gb/s | 24 × GXE 57.8 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen4 x4 | None |
| Hard processor | 4× Arm Cortex-A76 + Cortex-A55 (optional) | 4× Arm Cortex-A53 (optional) |
| Process | Intel 7 | 14 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 1 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Altera Quartus Prime |
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 A5E 052B has about 39% more logic capacity (355K vs 256K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the A5E 052B has 676 variable-precision DSP blocks against 648 variable-precision DSP blocks on the TX 400.
The TX 400 has more on-chip memory (30 Mb vs 25.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 17 Gb/s on the A5E 052B and 24 at up to 57.8 Gb/s on the TX 400.
The A5E 052B is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the TX 400 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A5E 052B (Agilex 5 E-Series) and TX 400 (Stratix 10 TX).