EP2AGZ300 vs XC6VLX240T
A comparison of the Altera Arria II EP2AGZ300 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX240T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP2AGZ300 | XC6VLX240T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria II | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 119,200 ALMs | 150,720 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.) | ≈238,400 | ≈241,152 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 298,000 LE | 241,152 LC |
| DSP | 920 18×18 multipliers | 768 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 14.3 Mb | 14.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 734 | 720 |
| Transceivers | 24 × XCVR 6.375 Gb/s | 24 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 238K and 241K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the EP2AGZ300 is built from ALMs and the XC6VLX240T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (119K vs 151K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP2AGZ300 has 920 18×18 multipliers against 768 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX240T.
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 6.375 Gb/s on the EP2AGZ300 and 24 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VLX240T.
The EP2AGZ300 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VLX240T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP2AGZ300 (Arria II) and XC6VLX240T (Virtex-6).