MPFS460T vs XCZU7CG
A comparison of the Microchip PolarFire SoC MPFS460T and the AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC XCZU7CG using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| MPFS460T | XCZU7CG | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip PolarFire SoC | AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 461,000 | 368,000 |
| LUTs as published | 461,000 LUT4 | 230,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 461,000 LE | 504,000 SLC |
| DSP | 1,420 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 1,728 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 28.5 Mb | 11 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 27 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 468 | 464 |
| Transceivers | 20 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s | 24 × GTH 16.3 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | Gen3 x16, Gen3 x8 |
| Hard processor | 4× RISC-V (RV64GC U54) | 2× Arm Cortex-A53 |
| Process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) | SRAM |
| Packages | 1 | 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 MPFS460T has about 25% more logic capacity (461K vs 368K LUT4 equivalents).
They use different logic architectures: the MPFS460T is built from LUT4 and the XCZU7CG from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (461K vs 230K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XCZU7CG has 1,728 DSP slices against 1,420 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPFS460T.
The XCZU7CG has more on-chip memory (38 Mb vs 28.5 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 20 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the MPFS460T and 24 at up to 16.3 Gb/s on the XCZU7CG.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPFS460T, sram on the XCZU7CG.
The MPFS460T is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XCZU7CG with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: MPFS460T (PolarFire SoC) and XCZU7CG (Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC).