FPGA & adaptive SoC databook · online editionRev. 2026.10

GW2A-55 vs LFXP2-40E

A comparison of the Gowin Arora II GW2A-55 and the Lattice LatticeXP2 LFXP2-40E using the data from both vendors' selection guides.

Side-by-side specifications

GW2A-55LFXP2-40E
Vendor / familyGowin Arora IILattice LatticeXP2
LUTs as published54,720 LUT440,000 LUT4
LUT type4-input look-up table4-input look-up table
LUT4 equivalent (approx.)≈54,720≈40,000
CoreScore (SERV cores)——
Vendor logic figure——
DSP40 18×18 multipliers32 18×18 multipliers
Block RAM2.5 Mb0.9 Mb
Large RAM——
Max. user I/O608540
TransceiversNoneNone
Hard PCI ExpressNoneNone
Hard processorNoneNone
Process55 nm90 nm
Configuration memorySRAMInternal flash
Packages72
Design toolGowin EDALattice Diamond

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 GW2A-55 has about 37% more logic capacity (54.7K vs 40K LUT4 equivalents).

For arithmetic, the GW2A-55 has 40 18×18 multipliers against 32 18×18 multipliers on the LFXP2-40E.

The GW2A-55 has more on-chip memory (2.5 Mb vs 0.9 Mb).

Configuration memory: sram on the GW2A-55, internal flash on the LFXP2-40E.

The GW2A-55 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFXP2-40E with Lattice Diamond.

Full specifications

See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW2A-55 (Arora II) and LFXP2-40E (LatticeXP2).