EP4SGX290 vs XC6VLX240T
A comparison of the Altera Stratix IV EP4SGX290 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX240T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4SGX290 | XC6VLX240T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Stratix IV | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 116,480 ALMs | 150,720 LUT6 |
| LUT type | adaptive logic module: fracturable 8-input LUT (one 6-input or two independent 4-input functions) | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈232,960 | ≈241,152 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 291,000 LE | 241,152 LC |
| DSP | 832 18×18 multipliers | 768 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 13.3 Mb | 14.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 904 | 720 |
| Transceivers | 32 × XCVR 8.5 Gb/s, 16 × XCVR 6.5 Gb/s | 24 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen2 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 3 |
| Design tool | Altera Quartus Prime | AMD ISE Design Suite |
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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 233K and 241K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the EP4SGX290 is built from ALMs and the XC6VLX240T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (116K vs 151K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP4SGX290 has 832 18×18 multipliers against 768 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX240T.
Both have transceivers: 48 at up to 8.5 Gb/s on the EP4SGX290 and 24 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VLX240T.
The EP4SGX290 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VLX240T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4SGX290 (Stratix IV) and XC6VLX240T (Virtex-6).