EP4CE10 vs GW1N-9
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CE10 and the Gowin LittleBee GW1N-9 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CE10 | GW1N-9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Gowin LittleBee |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 10,000 | 8,640 |
| LUTs as published | 10,000 LUT4 | 8,640 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 10,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 23 18×18 multipliers | 20 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.4 Mb | 0.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 179 | 276 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 55 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Embedded flash |
| Packages | 3 | 19 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Gowin EDA |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The EP4CE10 has about 16% more logic capacity (10K vs 8.6K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CE10 has 23 18×18 multipliers against 20 18×18 multipliers on the GW1N-9.
The GW1N-9 has more on-chip memory (0.5 Mb vs 0.4 Mb).
Configuration memory: sram on the EP4CE10, embedded flash on the GW1N-9.
The EP4CE10 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW1N-9 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CE10 (Cyclone IV) and GW1N-9 (LittleBee).