MPF100T vs XCAU15P
A comparison of the Microchip PolarFire MPF100T and the AMD Artix UltraScale+ XCAU15P using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| MPF100T | XCAU15P | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip PolarFire | AMD Artix UltraScale+ |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 109,000 | 124,800 |
| LUTs as published | 109,000 LUT4 | 78,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 109,000 LE | 170,000 SLC |
| DSP | 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 576 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 6.9 Mb | 5.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 284 | 228 |
| Transceivers | 8 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s | 12 × GTH 16.3 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen4 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 3 |
| Design tool | Microchip Libero SoC | AMD Vivado |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The XCAU15P has about 14% more logic capacity (125K vs 109K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the MPF100T is built from LUT4 and the XCAU15P from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (109K vs 78K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XCAU15P has 576 DSP slices against 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPF100T.
The MPF100T has more on-chip memory (6.9 Mb vs 5.1 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF100T and 12 at up to 16.3 Gb/s on the XCAU15P.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF100T, sram on the XCAU15P.
The MPF100T is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XCAU15P with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: MPF100T (PolarFire) and XCAU15P (Artix UltraScale+).