GW1N-9 vs LFD2NX-15
A comparison of the Gowin LittleBee GW1N-9 and the Lattice Certus-NX LFD2NX-15 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW1N-9 | LFD2NX-15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin LittleBee | Lattice Certus-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 8,640 | 12,500 |
| LUTs as published | 8,640 LUT4 | 12,500 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 15,000 LC |
| DSP | 20 18×18 multipliers | 12 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.5 Mb | 0.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 0.5 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 276 | 311 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | Embedded flash | SRAM |
| Packages | 19 | 2 |
| Design tool | Gowin EDA | Lattice Radiant |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The LFD2NX-15 has about 45% more logic capacity (12.5K vs 8.6K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GW1N-9 has 20 18×18 multipliers against 12 18×18 multipliers on the LFD2NX-15.
The LFD2NX-15 has more on-chip memory (1.3 Mb vs 0.5 Mb).
Configuration memory: embedded flash on the GW1N-9, sram on the LFD2NX-15.
The GW1N-9 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFD2NX-15 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW1N-9 (LittleBee) and LFD2NX-15 (Certus-NX).