XCVU160 vs XCVU23P
A comparison of the AMD Virtex UltraScale XCVU160 and the AMD Virtex UltraScale+ XCVU23P using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| XCVU160 | XCVU23P | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | AMD Virtex UltraScale | AMD Virtex UltraScale+ |
| LUTs as published | 926,400 LUT6 | 1,030,000 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.) | ≈1,482,240 | ≈1,648,000 |
| CoreScore (SERV cores) | — | — |
| Vendor logic figure | 2,027,000 SLC | 2,252,000 SLC |
| DSP | 1,560 DSP slices | 1,320 DSP slices |
| Block RAM | 115.2 Mb | 74.3 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | 99 Mb |
| Max. user I/O | 702 | 644 |
| Transceivers | 52 × GTH 16.3 Gb/s, 52 × GTY 30.5 Gb/s | 34 × GTY 32.75 Gb/s, 4 × GTM 58 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | Gen3 | Gen3 x16 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 20 nm | 16 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | SRAM |
| Packages | 2 | 0 |
| Design tool | AMD Vivado | 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 XCVU23P has about 11% more logic capacity (1648K vs 1482K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the XCVU160 has 1,560 DSP slices against 1,320 DSP slices on the XCVU23P.
The XCVU23P has more on-chip memory (173.3 Mb vs 115.2 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 104 at up to 30.5 Gb/s on the XCVU160 and 38 at up to 58 Gb/s on the XCVU23P.
The XCVU160 is designed with AMD Vivado and the XCVU23P with AMD Vivado.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: XCVU160 (Virtex UltraScale) and XCVU23P (Virtex UltraScale+).