GW2A-18 vs LFMXO5-20TD
A comparison of the Gowin Arora II GW2A-18 and the Lattice MachXO5-NX LFMXO5-20TD using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW2A-18 | LFMXO5-20TD | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora II | Lattice MachXO5-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 20,736 | 16,667 |
| LUTs as published | 20,736 LUT4 | 16,667 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 20,000 LC |
| DSP | 48 18×18 multipliers | 48 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.8 Mb | 0.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 0.5 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 384 | 368 |
| Transceivers | None | 1 × SERDES |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Internal flash |
| Packages | 13 | 3 |
| 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 GW2A-18 has about 24% more logic capacity (20.7K vs 16.7K LUT4 equivalents).
The LFMXO5-20TD has more on-chip memory (1.2 Mb vs 0.8 Mb).
Only the LFMXO5-20TD has multi-gigabit transceivers (1).
Configuration memory: sram on the GW2A-18, internal flash on the LFMXO5-20TD.
The GW2A-18 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFMXO5-20TD with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW2A-18 (Arora II) and LFMXO5-20TD (MachXO5-NX).