M2GL150 vs XC6SLX150T
A comparison of the Microchip IGLOO2 M2GL150 and the AMD Spartan-6 XC6SLX150T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| M2GL150 | XC6SLX150T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip IGLOO2 | AMD Spartan-6 |
| LUTs as published | 146,124 LUT4 | 92,152 LUT6 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈146,124 | ≈147,443 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 146,124 LE | 147,443 LC |
| DSP | 240 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 180 DSP48A1 slices |
| Block RAM | 4.2 Mb | 4.7 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 574 | 540 |
| Transceivers | 16 × SERDES 5 Gb/s | 8 × 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 | 3 | 4 |
| 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 146K and 147K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the M2GL150 is built from LUT4 and the XC6SLX150T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (146K vs 92.2K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the M2GL150 has 240 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 180 DSP48A1 slices on the XC6SLX150T.
The XC6SLX150T has more on-chip memory (4.7 Mb vs 4.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 16 at up to 5 Gb/s on the M2GL150 and 8 at up to 3.2 Gb/s on the XC6SLX150T.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (flash) on the M2GL150, sram on the XC6SLX150T.
The M2GL150 is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XC6SLX150T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: M2GL150 (IGLOO2) and XC6SLX150T (Spartan-6).