EP4CGX75 vs GW5AT-75
A comparison of the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CGX75 and the Gowin Arora V GW5AT-75 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4CGX75 | GW5AT-75 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Cyclone IV | Gowin Arora V |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 74,000 | 86,688 |
| LUTs as published | 74,000 LUT4 | 86,688 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 74,000 LE | — LC |
| DSP | 198 18×18 multipliers | 213 27×18 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 4.1 Mb | 4.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 310 | 312 |
| Transceivers | 8 × XCVR 3.125 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen3 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 60 nm | 22 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 0 |
| 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-75 has about 17% more logic capacity (86.7K vs 74K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GW5AT-75 has 213 27×18 DSP blocks against 198 18×18 multipliers on the EP4CGX75.
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 3.125 Gb/s on the EP4CGX75 and 8 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the GW5AT-75.
The EP4CGX75 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the GW5AT-75 with Gowin EDA.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4CGX75 (Cyclone IV) and GW5AT-75 (Arora V).