EP4CGX150 vs GW5AT-138
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX150 and the Gowin Arora V GW5AT-138 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX150 | GW5AT-138 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Gowin Arora V |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 150,000 | 138,240 |
| LUTs as published | 150,000 LUT4 | 138,240 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 150,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 360 18×18 multipliers | 298 27×18 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 6.3 Mb | 6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 475 | 312 |
| Transceivers | 8 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen3 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 22 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 6 |
| 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 EP4CGX150 has about 9% more logic capacity (150K vs 138K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX150 has 360 18×18 multipliers against 298 27×18 DSP blocks on the GW5AT-138.
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX150 and 8 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the GW5AT-138.
The EP4CGX150 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW5AT-138 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX150 (Cyclone IV) and GW5AT-138 (Arora V).