XC7VX980T vs XCKU15P
A comparison of the AMD Virtex-7 XC7VX980T and the AMD Kintex UltraScale+ XCKU15P using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| XC7VX980T | XCKU15P | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | AMD Virtex-7 | AMD Kintex UltraScale+ |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 979,200 | 836,800 |
| LUTs as published | 612,000 LUT6 | 523,000 LUT6 |
| Vendor logic figure | 979,200 LC | 1,143,000 SLC |
| DSP | 3,600 DSP slices | 1,968 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 52.7 Mb | 34.6 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 36 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 900 | 668 |
| Transceivers | 72 × GTH 13.1 Gb/s | 44 × GTH 16.3 Gb/s, 32 × GTY 32.75 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 | Gen3 x16 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 28 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 3 | 4 |
| 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 XC7VX980T has about 17% more logic capacity (979K vs 837K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the XC7VX980T has 3,600 DSP slices against 1,968 DSP slices on the XCKU15P.
The XCKU15P has more on-chip memory (70.6 Mb vs 52.7 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 72 at up to 13.1 Gb/s on the XC7VX980T and 76 at up to 32.75 Gb/s on the XCKU15P.
The XC7VX980T is designed with AMD Vivado and the XCKU15P with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: XC7VX980T (Virtex-7) and XCKU15P (Kintex UltraScale+).