EP2AGZ300 vs XC6VLX365T
A comparison of the Altera Arria II EP2AGZ300 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX365T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP2AGZ300 | XC6VLX365T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Arria II | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 119,200 ALMs | 227,520 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 | ≈364,032 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 298,000 LE | 364,032 LC |
| DSP | 920 18×18 multipliers | 576 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 | 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
The XC6VLX365T has about 53% more logic capacity (364K vs 238K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the EP2AGZ300 is built from ALMs and the XC6VLX365T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (119K vs 228K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP2AGZ300 has 920 18×18 multipliers against 576 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX365T.
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 XC6VLX365T.
The EP2AGZ300 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VLX365T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP2AGZ300 (Arria II) and XC6VLX365T (Virtex-6).