GW2A-55 vs LFD2NX-35
A comparison of the Gowin Arora II GW2A-55 and the Lattice Certus-NX LFD2NX-35 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW2A-55 | LFD2NX-35 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora II | Lattice Certus-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 54,720 | 29,167 |
| LUTs as published | 54,720 LUT4 | 29,167 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 35,000 LC |
| DSP | 40 18×18 multipliers | 48 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 2.5 Mb | 1.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 0.5 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 608 | 371 |
| Transceivers | None | 1 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 7 | 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-55 has about 88% more logic capacity (54.7K vs 29.2K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the LFD2NX-35 has 48 18×18 multipliers against 40 18×18 multipliers on the GW2A-55.
Only the LFD2NX-35 has multi-gigabit transceivers (1 5 Gb/s).
The GW2A-55 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFD2NX-35 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW2A-55 (Arora II) and LFD2NX-35 (Certus-NX).