EP4CGX30 vs XC7A25T
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX30 and the AMD Artix-7 XC7A25T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX30 | XC7A25T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | AMD Artix-7 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 29,000 | 23,360 |
| LUTs as published | 29,000 LUT4 | 14,600 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 29,000 LE | 23,360 LC |
| DSP | 80 18×18 multipliers | 80 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 1.1 Mb | 1.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 290 | 150 |
| Transceivers | 4 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 4 × GTP 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD Vivado |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The EP4CGX30 has about 24% more logic capacity (29K vs 23.4K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the EP4CGX30 is built from LUT4 and the XC7A25T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (29K vs 14.6K) are not directly comparable.
The XC7A25T has more on-chip memory (1.6 Mb vs 1.1 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX30 and 4 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC7A25T.
The EP4CGX30 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7A25T with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX30 (Cyclone IV) and XC7A25T (Artix-7).