MPFS460T vs XCZU9CG
A comparison of the Microchip PolarFire SoC MPFS460T and the AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC XCZU9CG using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| MPFS460T | XCZU9CG | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Microchip PolarFire SoC | AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 461,000 | 438,400 |
| LUTs as published | 461,000 LUT4 | 274,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 461,000 LE | 600,000 SLC |
| DSP | 1,420 18×18 math blocks (MACC) | 2,520 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 28.5 Mb | 32.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 468 | 328 |
| Transceivers | 20 × SERDES 12.5 Gb/s | 24 × GTH 16.3 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x4 | None |
| 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 | 2 |
| 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 461K and 438K LUT4 equivalents.
They use different logic architectures: the MPFS460T is built from LUT4 and the XCZU9CG from LUT6, so the raw LUT counts (461K vs 274K) are not directly comparable.
For arithmetic, the XCZU9CG has 2,520 DSP slices against 1,420 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPFS460T.
The XCZU9CG has more on-chip memory (32.1 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 XCZU9CG.
Configuration memory: non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPFS460T, sram on the XCZU9CG.
The MPFS460T is designed with Microchip Libero SoC and the XCZU9CG with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: MPFS460T (PolarFire SoC) and XCZU9CG (Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC).