M2S150 vs Tz75
A comparison of the Microchip SmartFusion2 M2S150 and the Efinix Topaz Tz75 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| M2S150 | Tz75 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip SmartFusion2 | Efinix Topaz |
| LUTs as published | 146,124 LUT4 | 80,770 LUT4 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 4-input look-up table |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈146,124 | ≈80,770 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 146,124 LE | 75,520 LE |
| DSP | 240 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 264 DSP blocks |
| Block RAM | 4.2 Mb | 5.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 574 | 223 |
| Transceivers | 16 × SERDES 5 Gb/s | 8 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 | Gen3 x4 |
| Hard processor | 1× Arm Cortex-M3 | 4× RISC-V |
| Process | 65 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | Non-volatile (flash) | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| Design tool | Microchip Libero SoC | Efinix Efinity |
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 M2S150 has about 81% more logic capacity (146K vs 80.8K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the Tz75 has 264 DSP blocks against 240 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the M2S150.
The Tz75 has more on-chip memory (5.3 Mb vs 4.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 16 at up to 5 Gb/s on the M2S150 and 8 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the Tz75.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (flash) on the M2S150, sram on the Tz75.
The M2S150 is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the Tz75 with Efinix Efinity.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: M2S150 (SmartFusion2) and Tz75 (Topaz).