GW1NS-4C vs M2S010
A comparison of the Gowin LittleBee GW1NS-4C and the Microchip SmartFusion2 M2S010 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW1NS-4C | M2S010 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin LittleBee | Microchip SmartFusion2 |
| LUTs as published | 4,608 LUT4 | 12,084 LUT4 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈4,608 | ≈12,084 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | — | 12,084 LE |
| DSP | 16 18×18 multipliers | 22 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 0.2 Mb | 0.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 106 | 233 |
| Transceivers | None | 4 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | 1× Cortex-M3 | 1× Arm Cortex-M3 |
| Process | 55 nm | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | Embedded flash | Non-volatile (flash) |
| Packages | 5 | 4 |
| Design tool | Gowin EDA | Microchip Libero SoC |
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 M2S010 has about 162% more logic capacity (12.1K vs 4.6K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the M2S010 has 22 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 16 18×18 multipliers on the GW1NS-4C.
The M2S010 has more on-chip memory (0.4 Mb vs 0.2 Mb).
Only the M2S010 has multi-gigabit transceivers (4 5 Gb/s).
Configuration memory: embedded flash on the GW1NS-4C, non-volatile (flash) on the M2S010.
The GW1NS-4C is designed with Gowin EDA and the M2S010 with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW1NS-4C (LittleBee) and M2S010 (SmartFusion2).