EP4CGX50 vs XC7A50T
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX50 and the AMD Artix-7 XC7A50T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX50 | XC7A50T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | AMD Artix-7 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 50,000 | 52,160 |
| LUTs as published | 50,000 LUT4 | 32,600 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 50,000 LE | 52,160 LC |
| DSP | 140 18×18 multipliers | 120 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 2.4 Mb | 2.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 310 | 250 |
| Transceivers | 8 × 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 | 2 | 5 |
| 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 50K and 52.2K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the EP4CGX50 is built from LUT4 and the XC7A50T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (50K vs 32.6K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP4CGX50 has 140 18×18 multipliers against 120 DSP slices on the XC7A50T.
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX50 and 4 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC7A50T.
The EP4CGX50 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC7A50T with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX50 (Cyclone IV) and XC7A50T (Artix-7).