GW3A-20 vs LFD2NX-28
A comparison of the Gowin Arora III GW3A-20 and the Lattice Certus-NX LFD2NX-28 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW3A-20 | LFD2NX-28 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora III | Lattice Certus-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 23,040 | 23,333 |
| LUTs as published | 23,040 LUT4 | 23,333 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 28,000 LC |
| DSP | 52 DSP blocks | 40 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 2.1 Mb | 1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 1 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 238 | 191 |
| Transceivers | None | 1 × SERDES 5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | — | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 6 | 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 23K and 23.3K LUT4 equivalents.
For arithmetic, the GW3A-20 has 52 DSP blocks against 40 18×18 multipliers on the LFD2NX-28.
Only the LFD2NX-28 has multi-gigabit transceivers (1 5 Gb/s).
The GW3A-20 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFD2NX-28 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW3A-20 (Arora III) and LFD2NX-28 (Certus-NX).