GW3AR-20 vs LFMXO5-25
A comparison of the Gowin Arora III GW3AR-20 and the Lattice MachXO5-NX LFMXO5-25 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW3AR-20 | LFMXO5-25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora III | Lattice MachXO5-NX |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 23,040 | 22,500 |
| LUTs as published | 23,040 LUT4 | 22,500 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 27,000 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 | 305 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | — | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Internal flash |
| 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 23K and 22.5K LUT4 equivalents.
For arithmetic, the GW3AR-20 has 26 DSP blocks against 20 18×18 multipliers on the LFMXO5-25.
The LFMXO5-25 has more on-chip memory (1.9 Mb vs 1.1 Mb).
Configuration memory: sram on the GW3AR-20, internal flash on the LFMXO5-25.
The GW3AR-20 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFMXO5-25 with Lattice Radiant.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW3AR-20 (Arora III) and LFMXO5-25 (MachXO5-NX).