EP4CGX22 vs LFE5UM-25
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX22 and the Lattice ECP5 LFE5UM-25 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX22 | LFE5UM-25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Lattice ECP5 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 21,000 | 24,000 |
| LUTs as published | 21,000 LUT4 | 24,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 21,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 40 18×18 multipliers | 28 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.7 Mb | 1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 150 | 197 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 2 × SERDES 3.2 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Diamond |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The LFE5UM-25 has about 14% more logic capacity (24K vs 21K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX22 has 40 18×18 multipliers against 28 18×18 multipliers on the LFE5UM-25.
The LFE5UM-25 has more on-chip memory (1 Mb vs 0.7 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX22 and 2 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the LFE5UM-25.
The EP4CGX22 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LFE5UM-25 with Lattice Diamond.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX22 (Cyclone IV) and LFE5UM-25 (ECP5).