A5E 065B vs MPFS460T
A comparison of the Altera Agilex 5 E-Series A5E 065B and the Microchip PolarFire SoC MPFS460T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| A5E 065B | MPFS460T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Agilex 5 E-Series | Microchip PolarFire SoC |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 444,800 | 461,000 |
| LUTs as published | 222,400 ALMs | 461,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 656,080 LE | 461,000 LE |
| DSP | 846 variable-precision DSP blocks | 1,420 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 31.5 Mb | 28.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 504 | 468 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 17 Gb/s | 20 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen4 x4 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | 4× Arm Cortex-A76 + Cortex-A55 (optional) | 4× RISC-V (RV64GC U54) |
| Process | Intel 7 | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 2 | 1 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
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 461K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the A5E 065B is built from ALMs and the MPFS460T from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (222K vs 461K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the MPFS460T has 1,420 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 846 variable-precision DSP blocks on the A5E 065B.
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 17 Gb/s on the A5E 065B and 20 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the MPFS460T.
Configuration memory: sram on the A5E 065B, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPFS460T.
The A5E 065B is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPFS460T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: A5E 065B (Agilex 5 E-Series) and MPFS460T (PolarFire SoC).