EP2AGX125 vs XC6VLX130T
A comparison of the Altera Arria II EP2AGX125 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX130T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP2AGX125 | XC6VLX130T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria II | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 49,640 ALMs | 80,000 LUT6 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈99,280 | ≈128,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 118,000 LE | 128,000 LC |
| DSP | 576 18×18 multipliers | 480 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 6.4 Mb | 9.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 452 | 600 |
| Transceivers | 12 × XCVR 6.375 Gb/s | 20 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen2 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD ISE Design Suite |
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 XC6VLX130T has about 29% more logic capacity (128K vs 99.3K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the EP2AGX125 is built from ALMs and the XC6VLX130T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (49.6K vs 80K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP2AGX125 has 576 18×18 multipliers against 480 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX130T.
The XC6VLX130T has more on-chip memory (9.3 Mb vs 6.4 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 12 at up to 6.375 Gb/s on the EP2AGX125 and 20 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VLX130T.
The EP2AGX125 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VLX130T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP2AGX125 (Arria II) and XC6VLX130T (Virtex-6).