GW5AT-138 vs MPF100T
A comparison of the Gowin Arora V GW5AT-138 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF100T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW5AT-138 | MPF100T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora V | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 138,240 | 109,000 |
| LUTs as published | 138,240 LUT4 | 109,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | — LC | 109,000 LE |
| DSP | 298 27×18 DSP blocks | 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 6 Mb | 6.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 312 | 284 |
| Transceivers | 8 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x8 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 22 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 6 | 3 |
| 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 GW5AT-138 has about 27% more logic capacity (138K vs 109K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the MPF100T has 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 298 27×18 DSP blocks on the GW5AT-138.
The MPF100T has more on-chip memory (6.9 Mb vs 6 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the GW5AT-138 and 8 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF100T.
Configuration memory: sram on the GW5AT-138, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF100T.
The GW5AT-138 is designed with Gowin EDA and the MPF100T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW5AT-138 (Arora V) and MPF100T (PolarFire).