EP4CGX30 vs LFE3-35EA
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX30 and the Lattice LatticeECP3 LFE3-35EA using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX30 | LFE3-35EA | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Lattice LatticeECP3 |
| LUTs as published | 29,000 LUT4 | 33,000 LUT4 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈29,000 | ≈33,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 29,000 LE | — |
| DSP | 80 18×18 multipliers | 64 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 1.1 Mb | 1.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 290 | 310 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 3.2 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Diamond |
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 LFE3-35EA has about 14% more logic capacity (33K vs 29K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX30 has 80 18×18 multipliers against 64 18×18 multipliers on the LFE3-35EA.
The LFE3-35EA has more on-chip memory (1.3 Mb vs 1.1 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX30 and 4 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the LFE3-35EA.
The EP4CGX30 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LFE3-35EA with Lattice Diamond.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX30 (Cyclone IV) and LFE3-35EA (LatticeECP3).