M2GL005 vs XC6SLX4
A comparison of the Microchip IGLOO2 M2GL005 and the AMD Spartan-6 XC6SLX4 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| M2GL005 | XC6SLX4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip IGLOO2 | AMD Spartan-6 |
| LUTs as published | 6,060 LUT4 | 2,400 LUT6 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈6,060 | ≈3,840 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 6,060 LE | 3,840 LC |
| DSP | 11 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 8 DSP48A1 slices |
| Block RAM | 0.2 Mb | 0.2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 209 | 132 |
| Transceivers | None | None |
| Hard PCI Express | None | None |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Configuration memory | Non-volatile (flash) | SRAM |
| Packages | 4 | 3 |
| Design tool | Microchip Libero SoC | AMD ISE Design Suite |
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 M2GL005 has about 58% more logic capacity (6.1K vs 3.8K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the M2GL005 is built from LUT4 and the XC6SLX4 from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (6.1K vs 2.4K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the M2GL005 has 11 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 8 DSP48A1 slices on the XC6SLX4.
The XC6SLX4 has more on-chip memory (0.2 Mb vs 0.2 Mb).
Configuration memory: non-volatile (flash) on the M2GL005, sram on the XC6SLX4.
The M2GL005 is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XC6SLX4 with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: M2GL005 (IGLOO2) and XC6SLX4 (Spartan-6).