EP2AGZ225 vs EP4SGX180
A comparison of the Altera Arria II EP2AGZ225 and the Altera Stratix IV EP4SGX180 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP2AGZ225 | EP4SGX180 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria II | Altera Stratix IV |
| LUTs as published | 89,600 ALMs | 70,300 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.) | ≈179,200 | ≈140,600 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 224,000 LE | 176,000 LE |
| DSP | 800 18×18 multipliers | 920 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 10.8 Mb | 11.2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 734 | 736 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 6.375 Gb/s | 24 × XCVR 8.5 Gb/s, 12 × XCVR 6.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 3 |
| 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 EP2AGZ225 has about 27% more logic capacity (179K vs 141K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4SGX180 has 920 18×18 multipliers against 800 18×18 multipliers on the EP2AGZ225.
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 6.375 Gb/s on the EP2AGZ225 and 36 at up to 8.5 Gb/s on the EP4SGX180.
The EP2AGZ225 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the EP4SGX180 with Altera Quartus Prime.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP2AGZ225 (Arria II) and EP4SGX180 (Stratix IV).