EP4CGX110 vs M2GL150
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX110 and the Microchip IGLOO2 M2GL150 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX110 | M2GL150 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Microchip IGLOO2 |
| LUTs as published | 109,000 LUT4 | 146,124 LUT4 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈109,000 | ≈146,124 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 109,000 LE | 146,124 LE |
| DSP | 280 18×18 multipliers | 240 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 5.8 Mb | 4.2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 475 | 574 |
| Transceivers | 8 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 16 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (flash) |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
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 M2GL150 has about 34% more logic capacity (146K vs 109K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX110 has 280 18×18 multipliers against 240 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the M2GL150.
The EP4CGX110 has more on-chip memory (5.8 Mb vs 4.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX110 and 16 at up to 5 Gb/s on the M2GL150.
Configuration memory: sram on the EP4CGX110, non-volatile (flash) on the M2GL150.
The EP4CGX110 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the M2GL150 with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX110 (Cyclone IV) and M2GL150 (IGLOO2).