EP4CGX110 vs MPF100T
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX110 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF100T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX110 | MPF100T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 109,000 | 109,000 |
| LUTs as published | 109,000 LUT4 | 109,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 109,000 LE | 109,000 LE |
| DSP | 280 18×18 multipliers | 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 5.8 Mb | 6.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 475 | 284 |
| Transceivers | 8 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 109K and 109K LUT4 equivalents.
For arithmetic, the MPF100T has 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 280 18×18 multipliers on the EP4CGX110.
The MPF100T has more on-chip memory (6.9 Mb vs 5.8 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX110 and 8 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF100T.
Configuration memory: sram on the EP4CGX110, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF100T.
The EP4CGX110 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPF100T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX110 (Cyclone IV) and MPF100T (PolarFire).