EP4CGX150 vs MPF100T
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX150 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF100T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX150 | MPF100T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 150,000 | 109,000 |
| LUTs as published | 150,000 LUT4 | 109,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 150,000 LE | 109,000 LE |
| DSP | 360 18×18 multipliers | 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 6.3 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
The EP4CGX150 has about 38% more logic capacity (150K vs 109K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX150 has 360 18×18 multipliers against 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPF100T.
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX150 and 8 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF100T.
Configuration memory: sram on the EP4CGX150, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF100T.
The EP4CGX150 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the MPF100T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX150 (Cyclone IV) and MPF100T (PolarFire).