XC2KU050P vs XC7K480T
A comparison of the AMD Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 XC2KU050P and the AMD Kintex-7 XC7K480T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| XC2KU050P | XC7K480T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | AMD Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 | AMD Kintex-7 |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 360,000 | 477,760 |
| LUTs as published | 225,000 LUT6 | 298,600 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 491,000 SLC | 477,760 LC |
| DSP | 1,872 DSP slices | 1,920 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 17.7 Mb | 33.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | 27 Mb | — |
| Max. user I/O | 516 | 400 |
| Transceivers | 24 × GTY 32.75 Gb/s | 32 × GTX 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen4 x8 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| Design tool | AMD Vivado | AMD Vivado |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The XC7K480T has about 33% more logic capacity (478K vs 360K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the XC7K480T has 1,920 DSP slices against 1,872 DSP slices on the XC2KU050P.
The XC2KU050P has more on-chip memory (44.7 Mb vs 33.6 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 24 at up to 32.75 Gb/s on the XC2KU050P and 32 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the XC7K480T.
The XC2KU050P is designed with AMD Vivado and the XC7K480T with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: XC2KU050P (Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2) and XC7K480T (Kintex-7).