1. vs.
FLEX 10KA

2. XC4000X Advancements over Existing Products
50%
Less
Power
Run-time
Price
Speed
Capacity 2x
More

3. Density/Performance Comparison
208
MHz
4000XLA
4000XV
I/O Performance
111
MHz
Altera
10KA, B, E-1
Here are the members of the 4kX families and their capacity/performance limits.
Again note the 500K density and the 200 MHz speeds.
180K
250K
500K
System Gates
XC4000XV Doubles Density of Altera 10K250

4. XC4000XLA Doubles System Speeds
208 MHz
133 MHz
111 MHz
96 MHz
4000XL XLA XLA-07 10K30A,B,E-1
Global Clk Global Clk Fast Clk Fastest Clk
Clk-Out ns
Setup+Hold ns
System Speed = 1 / (Clk-Out + Setup + Hold)

5. XC4000X vs Altera 10K Internal Performance
172 MHz
150 MHz
108 MHz
75 MHz
64 MHz
61 MHz
XC4000X-07
10KA-1

6. XL/XLA vs. 10KA Relative Performance
XLA-07 is faster than
10KA,B,E-1 in
90% of designs !
XLA-07
As shown above, the 4000XL-08 devices (available NOW) are equivalent to Altera’s 10KA-1 devices (50% designs faster than Altera, 50% slower than Altera). The 4000XLA-07 devices (available in November) will significantly out-perform Altera’s 10KA-1 devices in over 90% of designs!!

7. XC4000X Reduces Power Consumption by 50% to 70%

8. XV4000X vs. 10K Power
Xilinx’s XLA and XV architectures have significant power consumption advantages over Altera’s 10KA devices. Be aware that Altera continues to compare their newest architectures to Xilinx’s older architectures. Xilinx beats the 10K with our 4000XL. We beat their 10KA with the 4000XLA. We will beat their 10KE with our 4000XV when the 10KE becomes available.
XC4000XL=1

9. Altera 3.3 Volt Die is 44% larger
Xilinx
XC4062XLA
Logic Cells = 5472
Relative Die Size = 1
Altera
EPF10K100A
Logic Cells = 4992
Relative Die Size = 1.44
Source: Actual die size comparison of optimized .35µ products

10. Lower Price than Altera at Speed
15-20% faster
4062XLA-07
10K100A-1
25% cheaper
4062XLA-08
10K100A-2
10K100A-3
4062XLA-09
25-30% faster for similar price
Relative Speed

11. XC4000X Competitive Leadership
500K
208 MHz
100%
100%
bigger
87%
faster
46% less power
250K
111 MHz
54%
Rel. Power
(Clk-Out + Setup + Hold)
Xilinx 4000X-07
Altera FLEX 10K-1