A5E 065A vs SX 650
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 065A and the Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX SX 650 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A5E 065A | SX 650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series | Altera Stratix 10 GX/SX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 444,800 | 414,720 |
| LUTs as published | 222,400 ALMs | 207,360 ALMs |
| Vendor logic figure | 656,080 LE | 612,000 LE |
| DSP | 846 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,152 variable-precision DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 31.5 Mb | 49 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 504 | 392 |
| Transceivers | 24 × 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 445K and 415K LUT4 equivalents.
For arithmetic, the SX 650 has 1,152 variable-precision DSP blocks against 846 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A5E 065A.
The SX 650 has more on-chip memory (49 Mb vs 31.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 28 Gb/s on the A5E 065A and 24 at up to 28.3 Gb/s on the SX 650.
The A5E 065A is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the SX 650 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A5E 065A (Agilex 5 E-Series) and SX 650 (Stratix 10 GX/SX).