GW5A-25 vs LFXP2-40E
A comparison of the Gowin Arora V GW5A-25 and the Lattice LatticeXP2 LFXP2-40E using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW5A-25 | LFXP2-40E | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora V | Lattice LatticeXP2 |
| LUTs as published | 23,040 LUT4 | 40,000 LUT4 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈23,040 | ≈40,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | — | — |
| DSP | 28 27×18 DSP blocks | 32 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 1 Mb | 0.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 239 | 540 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 22 nm | 90 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Internal flash |
| Packages | 14 | 2 |
| Design tool | Gowin EDA | Lattice Diamond |
Highlighted values are higher. LUT counts are shown as published; the LUT4 equivalent is an approximation to compare different LUT types, see how FPGA vendors count logic. Add up to two more devices to this comparison.
Key differences
The LFXP2-40E has about 74% more logic capacity (40K vs 23K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the LFXP2-40E has 32 18×18 multipliers against 28 27×18 DSP blocks on the GW5A-25.
The GW5A-25 has more on-chip memory (1 Mb vs 0.9 Mb).
Configuration memory: sram on the GW5A-25, internal flash on the LFXP2-40E.
The GW5A-25 is designed with Gowin EDA; open source: Yosys + nextpnr-himbaechel with Project Apicula and the LFXP2-40E with Lattice Diamond.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW5A-25 (Arora V) and LFXP2-40E (LatticeXP2).