EP4CE10 vs XC7S15
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CE10 and the AMD Spartan-7 XC7S15 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CE10 | XC7S15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | AMD Spartan-7 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 10,000 | 12,800 |
| LUTs as published | 10,000 LUT4 | 8,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 10,000 LE | 12,800 LC |
| DSP | 23 18×18 multipliers | 20 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 0.4 Mb | 0.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 179 | 100 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD Vivado |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The XC7S15 has about 28% more logic capacity (12.8K vs 10K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the EP4CE10 is built from LUT4 and the XC7S15 from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (10K vs 8K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP4CE10 has 23 18×18 multipliers against 20 DSP slices on the XC7S15.
The EP4CE10 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7S15 with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CE10 (Cyclone IV) and XC7S15 (Spartan-7).