GW3A-20 vs LIFCL-40
A comparison of the Gowin Arora III GW3A-20 and the Lattice CrossLink-NX LIFCL-40 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW3A-20 | LIFCL-40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora III | Lattice CrossLink-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 23,040 | 32,500 |
| LUTs as published | 23,040 LUT4 | 32,500 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 39,000 LC |
| DSP | 52 DSP blocks | 56 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 2.1 Mb | 1.5 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 1 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 238 | 191 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | — | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 6 | 5 |
| 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 LIFCL-40 has about 41% more logic capacity (32.5K vs 23K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the LIFCL-40 has 56 18×18 multipliers against 52 DSP blocks on the GW3A-20.
The LIFCL-40 has more on-chip memory (2.5 Mb vs 2.1 Mb).
The GW3A-20 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LIFCL-40 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW3A-20 (Arora III) and LIFCL-40 (CrossLink-NX).