LAV-AT-X70 vs MPF500T
A comparison of the Lattice Avant-X LAV-AT-X70 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF500T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| LAV-AT-X70 | MPF500T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Lattice Avant-X | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 397,000 | 481,000 |
| LUTs as published | 397,000 LUT4 | 481,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 637,000 LC | 481,000 LE |
| DSP | 1,800 18×18 multipliers | 1,480 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 35.6 Mb | 29.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 554 | 584 |
| Transceivers | 28 × SERDES 25 Gb/s | 24 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| Design tool | Lattice Radiant | Microchip Libero SoC |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The MPF500T has about 21% more logic capacity (481K vs 397K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the LAV-AT-X70 has 1,800 18×18 multipliers against 1,480 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPF500T.
The LAV-AT-X70 has more on-chip memory (35.6 Mb vs 29.7 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 28 at up to 25 Gb/s on the LAV-AT-X70 and 24 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF500T.
Configuration memory: sram on the LAV-AT-X70, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF500T.
The LAV-AT-X70 is designed with Lattice Radiant and the MPF500T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: LAV-AT-X70 (Avant-X) and MPF500T (PolarFire).