MPFS160T vs XC7Z030
A comparison of the Microchip PolarFire SoC MPFS160T and the AMD Zynq 7000 XC7Z030 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| MPFS160T | XC7Z030 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip PolarFire SoC | AMD Zynq 7000 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 161,000 | 125,760 |
| LUTs as published | 161,000 LUT4 | 78,600 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 161,000 LE | 125,000 LC |
| DSP | 498 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 400 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 10.2 Mb | 9.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 312 | 250 |
| Transceivers | 8 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s | 4 × GTX 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | 4× RISC-V (RV64GC U54) | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| 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 MPFS160T has about 28% more logic capacity (161K vs 126K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the MPFS160T is built from LUT4 and the XC7Z030 from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (161K vs 78.6K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the MPFS160T has 498 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 400 DSP slices on the XC7Z030.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPFS160T, sram on the XC7Z030.
The MPFS160T is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XC7Z030 with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: MPFS160T (PolarFire SoC) and XC7Z030 (Zynq 7000).