EP4CGX15 vs GW3AT-6
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX15 and the Gowin Arora III GW3AT-6 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX15 | GW3AT-6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Gowin Arora III |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 14,000 | 6,912 |
| LUTs as published | 14,000 LUT4 | 6,912 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 14,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | — 18×18 multipliers | — DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 0.5 Mb | 0.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 72 | 70 |
| Transceivers | 2 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 1 × SERDES 8.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | — |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 1 | 0 |
| 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 EP4CGX15 has about 103% more logic capacity (14K vs 6.9K LUT4 equivalents).
The EP4CGX15 has more on-chip memory (0.5 Mb vs 0.3 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 2 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX15 and 1 at up to 8.5 Gb/s on the GW3AT-6.
The EP4CGX15 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW3AT-6 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX15 (Cyclone IV) and GW3AT-6 (Arora III).