M2GL025 vs XC6SLX25T
A comparison of the Microchip IGLOO2 M2GL025 and the AMD Spartan-6 XC6SLX25T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| M2GL025 | XC6SLX25T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip IGLOO2 | AMD Spartan-6 |
| LUTs as published | 27,696 LUT4 | 15,032 LUT6 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈27,696 | ≈24,051 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 27,696 LE | 24,051 LC |
| DSP | 34 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 38 DSP48A1 slices |
| Block RAM | 0.5 Mb | 0.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 267 | 250 |
| Transceivers | 4 × SERDES 5 Gb/s | 2 × GTP 3.2 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen1 x1 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Configuration memory | Non-volatile (flash) | SRAM |
| Packages | 4 | 2 |
| 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 M2GL025 has about 15% more logic capacity (27.7K vs 24.1K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the M2GL025 is built from LUT4 and the XC6SLX25T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (27.7K vs 15K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC6SLX25T has 38 DSP48A1 slices against 34 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the M2GL025.
The XC6SLX25T has more on-chip memory (0.9 Mb vs 0.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 5 Gb/s on the M2GL025 and 2 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the XC6SLX25T.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (flash) on the M2GL025, sram on the XC6SLX25T.
The M2GL025 is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XC6SLX25T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: M2GL025 (IGLOO2) and XC6SLX25T (Spartan-6).