EP2AGX260 vs XC6VLX195T
A comparison of the Altera Arria II EP2AGX260 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX195T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP2AGX260 | XC6VLX195T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria II | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 102,600 ALMs | 124,800 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.) | ≈205,200 | ≈199,680 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 244,000 LE | 199,680 LC |
| DSP | 736 18×18 multipliers | 640 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 8.3 Mb | 12.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 612 | 600 |
| Transceivers | 16 × 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 | 2 | 2 |
| 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 205K and 200K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the EP2AGX260 is built from ALMs and the XC6VLX195T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (103K vs 125K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP2AGX260 has 736 18×18 multipliers against 640 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX195T.
The XC6VLX195T has more on-chip memory (12.1 Mb vs 8.3 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 16 at up to 6.375 Gb/s on the EP2AGX260 and 20 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VLX195T.
The EP2AGX260 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VLX195T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP2AGX260 (Arria II) and XC6VLX195T (Virtex-6).