EP4SGX530 vs XC6VLX550T
A comparison of the Altera Stratix IV EP4SGX530 and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX550T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| EP4SGX530 | XC6VLX550T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Altera Stratix IV | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 212,480 ALMs | 343,680 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.) | ≈424,960 | ≈549,888 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 531,000 LE | 549,888 LC |
| DSP | 1,024 18×18 multipliers | 864 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 20.2 Mb | 22.2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 904 | 1,200 |
| Transceivers | 32 × XCVR 8.5 Gb/s, 16 × XCVR 6.5 Gb/s | 36 × 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 | 4 | 2 |
| 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
The XC6VLX550T has about 29% more logic capacity (550K vs 425K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the EP4SGX530 is built from ALMs and the XC6VLX550T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (212K vs 344K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the EP4SGX530 has 1,024 18×18 multipliers against 864 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX550T.
Both have transceivers: 48 at up to 8.5 Gb/s on the EP4SGX530 and 36 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VLX550T.
The EP4SGX530 is designed with Altera Quartus Prime and the XC6VLX550T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: EP4SGX530 (Stratix IV) and XC6VLX550T (Virtex-6).