EP4CE15 vs GW2A-18
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CE15 and the Gowin Arora II GW2A-18 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CE15 | GW2A-18 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Gowin Arora II |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 15,000 | 20,736 |
| LUTs as published | 15,000 LUT4 | 20,736 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 15,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 56 18×18 multipliers | 48 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.5 Mb | 0.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 343 | 384 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 55 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 6 | 13 |
| 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 GW2A-18 has about 38% more logic capacity (20.7K vs 15K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CE15 has 56 18×18 multipliers against 48 18×18 multipliers on the GW2A-18.
The GW2A-18 has more on-chip memory (0.8 Mb vs 0.5 Mb).
The EP4CE15 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW2A-18 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CE15 (Cyclone IV) and GW2A-18 (Arora II).