EP2AGX65 vs EP4SGX70
A comparison of the Altera Arria II EP2AGX65 and the Altera Stratix IV EP4SGX70 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP2AGX65 | EP4SGX70 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria II | Altera Stratix IV |
| LUTs as published | 25,300 ALMs | 29,040 ALMs |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈50,600 | ≈58,080 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 60,000 LE | 73,000 LE |
| DSP | 312 18×18 multipliers | 384 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 4.3 Mb | 6.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 364 | 480 |
| Transceivers | 8 × XCVR 6.375 Gb/s | 16 × XCVR 8.5 Gb/s, 8 × XCVR 6.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen1 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Altera Quartus Prime |
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 EP4SGX70 has about 15% more logic capacity (58.1K vs 50.6K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4SGX70 has 384 18×18 multipliers against 312 18×18 multipliers on the EP2AGX65.
The EP4SGX70 has more on-chip memory (6.3 Mb vs 4.3 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 6.375 Gb/s on the EP2AGX65 and 24 at up to 8.5 Gb/s on the EP4SGX70.
The EP2AGX65 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the EP4SGX70 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP2AGX65 (Arria II) and EP4SGX70 (Stratix IV).