XC6VLX550T vs XC7V585T
A comparison of the AMD Virtex-6 XC6VLX550T and the AMD Virtex-7 XC7V585T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| XC6VLX550T | XC7V585T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | AMD Virtex-6 | AMD Virtex-7 |
| LUTs as published | 343,680 LUT6 | 364,200 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.) | ≈549,888 | ≈582,720 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 549,888 LC | 582,720 LC |
| DSP | 864 DSP48E1 slices | 1,260 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 22.2 Mb | 27.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 1,200 | 850 |
| Transceivers | 36 × GTX 6.6 Gb/s | 36 × GTX 12.5 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen2 x8 | Gen2 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 2 |
| 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
Both devices offer similar logic capacity: 550K and 583K LUT4 equivalents.
For arithmetic, the XC7V585T has 1,260 DSP slices against 864 DSP48E1 slices on the XC6VLX550T.
The XC7V585T has more on-chip memory (27.9 Mb vs 22.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 36 at up to 6.6 Gb/s on the XC6VLX550T and 36 at up to 12.5 Gb/s on the XC7V585T.
The XC6VLX550T is designed with AMD ISE Design Suite and the XC7V585T with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: XC6VLX550T (Virtex-6) and XC7V585T (Virtex-7).