GW5AT-15 vs LFE3-17EA
A comparison of the Gowin Arora V GW5AT-15 and the Lattice LatticeECP3 LFE3-17EA using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| GW5AT-15 | LFE3-17EA | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Gowin Arora V | Lattice LatticeECP3 |
| LUTs as published | 15,120 LUT4 | 17,000 LUT4 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈15,120 | ≈17,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | — | — |
| DSP | 28 27×18 DSP blocks | 24 18×18 multipliers |
| Block RAM | 0.6 Mb | 0.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 53 | 222 |
| Transceivers | 4 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 3.2 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 x4 | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 22 nm | 65 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 3 |
| 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 LFE3-17EA has about 12% more logic capacity (17K vs 15.1K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the GW5AT-15 has 28 27×18 DSP blocks against 24 18×18 multipliers on the LFE3-17EA.
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the GW5AT-15 and 4 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the LFE3-17EA.
The GW5AT-15 is designed with Gowin EDA and the LFE3-17EA with Lattice Diamond.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: GW5AT-15 (Arora V) and LFE3-17EA (LatticeECP3).