Certus-N2 CT10 vs EP4CGX75
A comparison of the Lattice Certus-N2 Certus-N2 CT10 and the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX75 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| Certus-N2 CT10 | EP4CGX75 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Lattice Certus-N2 | Altera Cyclone IV |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 61,000 | 74,000 |
| LUTs as published | 61,000 LUT4 | 74,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 100,000 LC | 74,000 LE |
| DSP | 240 18×18 multipliers | 198 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 5.5 Mb | 4.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 196 | 310 |
| Transceivers | 4 × SERDES 16 Gb/s | 8 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 16 nm | 60 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 2 |
| Design tool | Lattice Radiant | Altera Quartus Prime |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The EP4CGX75 has about 21% more logic capacity (74K vs 61K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the Certus-N2 CT10 has 240 18×18 multipliers against 198 18×18 multipliers on the EP4CGX75.
The Certus-N2 CT10 has more on-chip memory (5.5 Mb vs 4.1 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 16 Gb/s on the Certus-N2 CT10 and 8 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX75.
The Certus-N2 CT10 is designed with Lattice Radiant and the EP4CGX75 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: Certus-N2 CT10 (Certus-N2) and EP4CGX75 (Cyclone IV).