MPFS250T vs XC7Z035
A comparison of the Microchip PolarFire SoC MPFS250T and the AMD Zynq 7000 XC7Z035 using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| MPFS250T | XC7Z035 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip PolarFire SoC | AMD Zynq 7000 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 254,000 | 275,040 |
| LUTs as published | 254,000 LUT4 | 171,900 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 254,000 LE | 275,000 LC |
| DSP | 784 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 900 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 15.9 Mb | 17.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 372 | 362 |
| Transceivers | 16 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s | 16 × GTX 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen2 x8 |
| Hard processor | 4× RISC-V (RV64GC U54) | 2× Arm Cortex-A9 |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) | SRAM |
| Packages | 4 | 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 XC7Z035 has about 8% more logic capacity (275K vs 254K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the MPFS250T is built from LUT4 and the XC7Z035 from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (254K vs 172K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XC7Z035 has 900 DSP slices against 784 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPFS250T.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPFS250T, sram on the XC7Z035.
The MPFS250T is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XC7Z035 with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: MPFS250T (PolarFire SoC) and XC7Z035 (Zynq 7000).