GW5AST-138 vs MPFS095T
A comparison of the Gowin Arora V GW5AST-138 and the Microchip PolarFire SoC MPFS095T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW5AST-138 | MPFS095T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora V | Microchip PolarFire SoC |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 138,240 | 93,000 |
| LUTs as published | 138,240 LUT4 | 93,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 93,000 LE |
| DSP | 298 27×18 DSP blocks | 292 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 6 Mb | 6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 376 | 276 |
| Transceivers | 8 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x8 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | 1× RISC-V AE350 | 4× RISC-V (RV64GC U54) |
| Process | 22 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| Design tool | Gowin EDA | Microchip Libero SoC |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The GW5AST-138 has about 49% more logic capacity (138K vs 93K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GW5AST-138 has 298 27×18 DSP blocks against 292 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPFS095T.
Configuration memory: sram on the GW5AST-138, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPFS095T.
The GW5AST-138 is designed with Gowin EDA and the MPFS095T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW5AST-138 (Arora V) and MPFS095T (PolarFire SoC).