EP4CGX22 vs M2GL025
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX22 and the Microchip IGLOO2 M2GL025 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX22 | M2GL025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Microchip IGLOO2 |
| LUTs as published | 21,000 LUT4 | 27,696 LUT4 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈21,000 | ≈27,696 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 21,000 LE | 27,696 LE |
| DSP | 40 18×18 multipliers | 34 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 0.7 Mb | 0.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 150 | 267 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (flash) |
| Packages | 2 | 4 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Microchip Libero SoC |
Highlighted values are higher. LUT counts are shown as published; the LUT4 equivalent is an approximation to compare different LUT types, see how FPGA vendors count logic. Add up to two more devices to this comparison.
Key differences
The M2GL025 has about 32% more logic capacity (27.7K vs 21K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX22 has 40 18×18 multipliers against 34 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the M2GL025.
The EP4CGX22 has more on-chip memory (0.7 Mb vs 0.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX22 and 4 at up to 5 Gb/s on the M2GL025.
Configuration memory: sram on the EP4CGX22, non-volatile (flash) on the M2GL025.
The EP4CGX22 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the M2GL025 with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX22 (Cyclone IV) and M2GL025 (IGLOO2).