EP4CGX22 vs GW5AT-15
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX22 and the Gowin Arora V GW5AT-15 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX22 | GW5AT-15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Gowin Arora V |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 21,000 | 15,120 |
| LUTs as published | 21,000 LUT4 | 15,120 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 21,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 40 18×18 multipliers | 28 27×18 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 0.7 Mb | 0.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 150 | 53 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen3 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 22 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| 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 EP4CGX22 has about 39% more logic capacity (21K vs 15.1K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX22 has 40 18×18 multipliers against 28 27×18 DSP blocks on the GW5AT-15.
The EP4CGX22 has more on-chip memory (0.7 Mb vs 0.6 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX22 and 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the GW5AT-15.
The EP4CGX22 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW5AT-15 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX22 (Cyclone IV) and GW5AT-15 (Arora V).