GW5A-25 vs LFE5UM-25
A comparison of the Gowin Arora V GW5A-25 and the Lattice ECP5 LFE5UM-25 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW5A-25 | LFE5UM-25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora V | Lattice ECP5 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 23,040 | 24,000 |
| LUTs as published | 23,040 LUT4 | 24,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | — LC |
| DSP | 28 27×18 DSP blocks | 28 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 1 Mb | 1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 239 | 197 |
| Transceivers | None | 2 × SERDES 3.2 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 22 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 14 | 2 |
| Design tool | Gowin EDA | Lattice Diamond |
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 24K LUT4 equivalents.
Only the LFE5UM-25 has multi-gigabit transceivers (2 3.2 Gb/s).
The GW5A-25 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFE5UM-25 with Lattice Diamond.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW5A-25 (Arora V) and LFE5UM-25 (ECP5).