GW5ART-15 vs LFE5UM-25
A comparison of the Gowin Arora V GW5ART-15 and the Lattice ECP5 LFE5UM-25 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW5ART-15 | LFE5UM-25 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora V | Lattice ECP5 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 15,120 | 24,000 |
| LUTs as published | 15,120 LUT4 | 24,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | — LC |
| DSP | 28 27×18 DSP blocks | 28 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.6 Mb | 1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 53 | 197 |
| Transceivers | 4 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s | 2 × SERDES 3.2 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x4 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 22 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 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
The LFE5UM-25 has about 59% more logic capacity (24K vs 15.1K LUT4 equivalents).
The LFE5UM-25 has more on-chip memory (1 Mb vs 0.6 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the GW5ART-15 and 2 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the LFE5UM-25.
The GW5ART-15 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFE5UM-25 with Lattice Diamond.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW5ART-15 (Arora V) and LFE5UM-25 (ECP5).