MPF300T vs XC6VLX365T
A comparison of the Microchip PolarFire MPF300T and the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX365T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| MPF300T | XC6VLX365T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip PolarFire | AMD Virtex-6 |
| LUTs as published | 300,000 LUT4 | 227,520 LUT6 |
| LUT type | 4-input look-up table | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈300,000 | ≈364,032 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | 882 | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 300,000 LE | 364,032 LC |
| DSP | 924 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 576 DSP48E1 slices |
| Block RAM | 18.6 Mb | 14.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 512 | 720 |
| Transceivers | 16 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s | 24 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen2 x8 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Configuration memory | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) | SRAM |
| Packages | 5 | 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 XC6VLX365T has about 21% more logic capacity (364K vs 300K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the MPF300T is built from LUT4 and the XC6VLX365T from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (300K vs 228K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the MPF300T has 924 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 576 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX365T.
The MPF300T has more on-chip memory (18.6 Mb vs 14.6 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 16 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF300T and 24 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VLX365T.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF300T, sram on the XC6VLX365T.
The MPF300T is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XC6VLX365T with AMD ISE Design Suite.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: MPF300T (PolarFire) and XC6VLX365T (Virtex-6).