EP4CE10 vs LFE5U-12
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CE10 and the Lattice ECP5 LFE5U-12 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CE10 | LFE5U-12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Lattice ECP5 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 10,000 | 12,000 |
| LUTs as published | 10,000 LUT4 | 12,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 10,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 23 18×18 multipliers | 28 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.4 Mb | 0.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 179 | 197 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Diamond |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The LFE5U-12 has about 20% more logic capacity (12K vs 10K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the LFE5U-12 has 28 18×18 multipliers against 23 18×18 multipliers on the EP4CE10.
The LFE5U-12 has more on-chip memory (0.6 Mb vs 0.4 Mb).
The EP4CE10 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LFE5U-12 with Lattice Diamond.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CE10 (Cyclone IV) and LFE5U-12 (ECP5).