M2GL060 vs XC6SLX45T
A comparison of the Microchip IGLOO2 M2GL060 and the AMD Spartan-6 XC6SLX45T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| M2GL060 | XC6SLX45T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip IGLOO2 | AMD Spartan-6 |
| LUTs as published | 56,520 LUT4 | 27,288 LUT6 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈56,520 | ≈43,661 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 56,520 LE | 43,661 LC |
| DSP | 72 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 58 DSP48A1 slices |
| Block RAM | 1.2 Mb | 2 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 387 | 296 |
| Transceivers | 4 × SERDES 5 Gb/s | 4 × 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 | 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 M2GL060 has about 29% more logic capacity (56.5K vs 43.7K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the M2GL060 is built from LUT4 and the XC6SLX45T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (56.5K vs 27.3K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the M2GL060 has 72 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 58 DSP48A1 slices on the XC6SLX45T.
The XC6SLX45T has more on-chip memory (2 Mb vs 1.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 5 Gb/s on the M2GL060 and 4 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the XC6SLX45T.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (flash) on the M2GL060, sram on the XC6SLX45T.
The M2GL060 is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XC6SLX45T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: M2GL060 (IGLOO2) and XC6SLX45T (Spartan-6).