FPGA & adaptive SoC databook · online editionRev. 2026.10

GW2AN-18X vs LCMXO3L-9400

A comparison of the Gowin Arora II GW2AN-18X and the Lattice MachXO3 LCMXO3L-9400 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.

Side-by-side specifications

GW2AN-18XLCMXO3L-9400
Vendor / familyGowin Arora IILattice MachXO3
Logic (LUT4-equivalent)20,7369,400
LUTs as published20,736 LUT49,400 LUT4
Vendor logic figure— LC— LC
DSP— 18×18 multipliers— 18×18 multipliers
Block RAM0.5 Mb0.4 Mb
Large RAM——
Max. user I/O389384
TransceiversNoneNone
Hard PCI ExpressNoneNone
Hard processorNoneNone
Process55 nm—
Configuration memorySRAM—
Packages74
Design toolGowin EDALattice Diamond

Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.

Key differences

The GW2AN-18X has about 121% more logic capacity (20.7K vs 9.4K LUT4 equivalents).

The GW2AN-18X has more on-chip memory (0.5 Mb vs 0.4 Mb).

Configuration memory: sram on the GW2AN-18X, — on the LCMXO3L-9400.

The GW2AN-18X is designed with Gowin EDA and the LCMXO3L-9400 with Lattice Diamond.

Full specifications

See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW2AN-18X (Arora II) and LCMXO3L-9400 (MachXO3).