EP4SE230 vs LAV-AT-E50
A comparison of the Altera Stratix IV EP4SE230 and the Lattice Avant-E LAV-AT-E50 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4SE230 | LAV-AT-E50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Stratix IV | Lattice Avant-E |
| LUTs as published | 91,200 ALMs | 255,000 LUT4 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈182,400 | ≈255,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 228,000 LE | 409,000 LC |
| DSP | 1,288 18×18 multipliers | 1,120 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 13.9 Mb | 22.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 480 | 553 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 40 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 1 | 2 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | Lattice Radiant |
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 LAV-AT-E50 has about 40% more logic capacity (255K vs 182K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the EP4SE230 is built from ALMs and the LAV-AT-E50 from LUT4, so the raw LUT counts (91.2K vs 255K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP4SE230 has 1,288 18×18 multipliers against 1,120 18×18 multipliers on the LAV-AT-E50.
The LAV-AT-E50 has more on-chip memory (22.7 Mb vs 13.9 Mb).
The EP4SE230 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the LAV-AT-E50 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4SE230 (Stratix IV) and LAV-AT-E50 (Avant-E).