FPGA comparison

Spartan-6 vs Spartan-7

The AMD Xilinx Spartan-6 and AMD Xilinx Spartan-7 families side by side, from the 35 devices and 414 orderable parts in our catalogue.

Key differences

Spartan-6 spans 3,840 to 147,443 logic cells; Spartan-7 spans 6,000 to 102,400 logic cells. The largest Spartan-6 has 1.4× the logic of the largest Spartan-7.
DSP: up to 180 slices on Spartan-6, 160 on Spartan-7.
Block RAM: up to 4,824 Kb on Spartan-6, 4,320 Kb on Spartan-7.
Packages: 144 to 900 pins on Spartan-6, 196 to 676 pins on Spartan-7.
Only Spartan-7 is listed in expanded temperature grade.
Neither is a drop-in replacement for the other: package, pinout and configuration differ, so a change of family needs engineering review.

	Spartan-6	Spartan-7
Manufacturer	AMD Xilinx	AMD Xilinx
Product type	FPGA	FPGA
Devices	23	12
Orderable parts	314	100
Logic (logic cells)	3,840 – 147,443	6,000 – 102,400
Max block RAM (Kb)	4,824	4,320
Max DSP slices	180	160
Max transceivers	8	—
User I/O	102 – 576	100 – 400
Packages	13	6
Pin / ball count	144 – 900	196 – 676
Temperature grades	Commercial, Industrial, Automotive	Commercial, Industrial, Expanded, Automotive

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