Certus-N2 CT16 vs GW5AT-138
A comparison of the Lattice Certus-N2 Certus-N2 CT16 and the Gowin Arora V GW5AT-138 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| Certus-N2 CT16 | GW5AT-138 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Lattice Certus-N2 | Gowin Arora V |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 98,000 | 138,240 |
| LUTs as published | 98,000 LUT4 | 138,240 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 160,000 LC | — LC |
| DSP | 360 18×18 multipliers | 298 27×18 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 8 Mb | 6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 298 | 312 |
| Transceivers | 8 × SERDES 16 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen3 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 16 nm | 22 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 4 | 6 |
| Design tool | Lattice Radiant | Gowin EDA |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The GW5AT-138 has about 41% more logic capacity (138K vs 98K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the Certus-N2 CT16 has 360 18×18 multipliers against 298 27×18 DSP blocks on the GW5AT-138.
The Certus-N2 CT16 has more on-chip memory (8 Mb vs 6 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 16 Gb/s on the Certus-N2 CT16 and 8 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the GW5AT-138.
The Certus-N2 CT16 is designed with Lattice Radiant and the GW5AT-138 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: Certus-N2 CT16 (Certus-N2) and GW5AT-138 (Arora V).