GW3AT-6 vs iCE40LP8K
A comparison of the Gowin Arora III GW3AT-6 and the Lattice iCE40 LP/HX/LM iCE40LP8K using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW3AT-6 | iCE40LP8K | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora III | Lattice iCE40 LP/HX/LM |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 6,912 | 7,680 |
| LUTs as published | 6,912 LUT4 | 7,680 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 7,680 LC |
| DSP | — DSP blocks | — 16×16 MAC blocks |
| Block RAM | 0.3 Mb | 0.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 70 | 180 |
| Transceivers | 1 × SERDES 8.5 Gb/s | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | — | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | NVCM or SRAM |
| Packages | 0 | 3 |
| Design tool | Gowin EDA | Lattice iCEcube2 |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The iCE40LP8K has about 11% more logic capacity (7.7K vs 6.9K LUT4 equivalents).
The GW3AT-6 has more on-chip memory (0.3 Mb vs 0.1 Mb).
Only the GW3AT-6 has multi-gigabit transceivers (1 8.5 Gb/s).
Configuration memory: sram on the GW3AT-6, nvcm or sram on the iCE40LP8K.
The GW3AT-6 is designed with Gowin EDA and the iCE40LP8K with Lattice iCEcube2.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW3AT-6 (Arora III) and iCE40LP8K (iCE40 LP/HX/LM).