XC6VLX195T vs XC7A200T
A comparison of the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX195T and the AMD Artix-7 XC7A200T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| XC6VLX195T | XC7A200T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | AMD Virtex-6 | AMD Artix-7 |
| LUTs as published | 124,800 LUT6 | 134,600 LUT6 |
| LUT type | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs | 6-input look-up table, fracturable into two LUT5 with shared inputs |
| LUT4 equivalent (approx.) | ≈199,680 | ≈215,360 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | 652 |
| Vendor logic figure | 199,680 LC | 215,360 LC |
| DSP | 640 DSP48E1 slices | 740 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 12.1 Mb | 12.8 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 600 | 500 |
| Transceivers | 20 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s | 16 × GTP 6.6 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x8 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 4 |
| Design tool | AMD ISE Design Suite | AMD Vivado |
Highlighted values are higher. LUT counts are shown as published; the LUT4 equivalent is an approximation to compare different LUT types, see how FPGA vendors count logic. Add up to two more devices to this comparison.
Key differences
The XC7A200T has about 8% more logic capacity (215K vs 200K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the XC7A200T has 740 DSP slices against 640 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX195T.
The XC6VLX195T is designed with AMD ISE Design Suite and the XC7A200T with AMD Vivado; open source: F4PGA or openXC7 (experimental) with Project X-Ray.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: XC6VLX195T (Virtex-6) and XC7A200T (Artix-7).