GW3AR-20 vs LFD2NX-25
A comparison of the Gowin Arora III GW3AR-20 and the Lattice Certus-NX LFD2NX-25 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW3AR-20 | LFD2NX-25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora III | Lattice Certus-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 23,040 | 20,833 |
| LUTs as published | 23,040 LUT4 | 20,833 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 25,000 LC |
| DSP | 26 DSP blocks | 20 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 1.1 Mb | 1.4 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 0.5 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 238 | 311 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | — | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| 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 GW3AR-20 has about 11% more logic capacity (23K vs 20.8K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GW3AR-20 has 26 DSP blocks against 20 18×18 multipliers on the LFD2NX-25.
The LFD2NX-25 has more on-chip memory (1.9 Mb vs 1.1 Mb).
The GW3AR-20 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFD2NX-25 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW3AR-20 (Arora III) and LFD2NX-25 (Certus-NX).