EP4CGX50 vs GW5AT-60
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX50 and the Gowin Arora V GW5AT-60 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX50 | GW5AT-60 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Gowin Arora V |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 50,000 | 59,904 |
| LUTs as published | 50,000 LUT4 | 59,904 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 50,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 140 18×18 multipliers | 118 27×18 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 2.4 Mb | 2.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 310 | 320 |
| Transceivers | 8 × 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 | 7 |
| 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 GW5AT-60 has about 20% more logic capacity (59.9K vs 50K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX50 has 140 18×18 multipliers against 118 27×18 DSP blocks on the GW5AT-60.
The EP4CGX50 has more on-chip memory (2.4 Mb vs 2.1 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX50 and 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the GW5AT-60.
The EP4CGX50 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW5AT-60 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX50 (Cyclone IV) and GW5AT-60 (Arora V).