Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide

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Date 5/08/2025
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Document Table of Contents x
Answers to Top FAQs 1. Overview of the Power and Thermal Calculator 2. Estimating Power Consumption with the Power and Thermal Calculator 3. Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface 4. Power and Thermal Calculator Pages 5. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the PTC 6. Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive 7. Document Revision History for the Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide A. Measuring Static Power
1. Overview of the Power and Thermal Calculator x
1.1. Accessing the Power and Thermal Calculators 1.2. PTC Power Model Status 1.3. Definitions of Power Terms Used in this Document
2. Estimating Power Consumption with the Power and Thermal Calculator x
2.1. Estimating Power Before Starting the FPGA Design 2.2. Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design 2.3. Estimating Power After Completing the FPGA Design 2.4. Estimating Power for Dual-Core Devices
2.2. Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design x
2.2.1. Importing a .qptc File Generated in the Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer
3. Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface x
3.1. PTC Select Family Dialog Box 3.2. PTC Primary GUI Components 3.3. PTC - IP Wizard 3.4. PTC Searchable Drop-Down Lists 3.5. Deleting Rows from Data Entry Pages 3.6. Finding Resources Using the Find Dialog Box
3.2. PTC Primary GUI Components x
3.2.1. PTC Data Entry Pages 3.2.2. PTC Design Hierarchy 3.2.3. PTC IP Power Summary 3.2.4. PTC Field Types 3.2.5. PTC Data Entry Error Messages
3.2.2. PTC Design Hierarchy x
3.2.2.1. Using Design Hierarchies in the Power and Thermal Calculator (PTC) 3.2.2.2. Entering Hierarchy Information Into the PTC 3.2.2.3. Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies in the PTC 3.2.2.4. Bulk Editing Hierarchies in the PTC
3.2.4. PTC Field Types x
3.2.4.1. PTC Input Field Dependencies
4. Power and Thermal Calculator Pages x
4.1. PTC - Power Summary/Navigation 4.2. PTC - Common Page Elements 4.3. PTC - Main Page 4.4. PTC - Logic Page 4.5. PTC - RAM Page 4.6. PTC - DSP Page 4.7. PTC - Clock Page 4.8. PTC - PLL Page 4.9. PTC - I/O Page 4.10. PTC - Transceiver Page 4.11. PTC - HPS Page 4.12. PTC - Crypto Page 4.13. PTC - NOC Page 4.14. PTC - HBM Page 4.15. PTC - Thermal Page 4.16. PTC - Report Page
4.3. PTC - Main Page x
4.3.1. PTC - Device Selection and Thermal Analysis Windows
4.10. PTC - Transceiver Page x
4.10.1. Estimating E-Tile Channel PLL Power with the Power and Thermal Calculator
5. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the PTC x
5.1. Toggle Rate 5.2. I/O Bank Allocation
Answers to Top FAQs
1. Overview of the Power and Thermal Calculator
2. Estimating Power Consumption with the Power and Thermal Calculator
3. Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface
4. Power and Thermal Calculator Pages
5. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the PTC
6. Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive
7. Document Revision History for the Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide
A. Measuring Static Power

7. Document Revision History for the Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide

Document Version Quartus® Prime Version Changes
2025.05.08 25.1
  • Added Agilex™ 3 support where appropriate throughout.
  • In the PTC - Report Page topic, added a note to the Recommended Margin description in the Current and Power Regulator Requirements Per Voltage Rail table.
2024.09.26 24.1 Corrected the word "training" to "trailing" in the description of Full Hierarchy Name in Table: I/O Page Information for Agilex™ FPGA Portfolio Devices.
2024.04.01 24.1
  • Updated several topics to include support for Agilex™ 5 devices.
2023.12.04 23.4
  • Major updates to Intel® FPGA PTC - I/O Page.
    • Split the I/O Page Information table for Stratix® 10 and Agilex™ devices.
    • Added an image for I/O page of the Intel® FPGA PTC for Stratix® 10 device.
    • Revised the description in the tables for Stratix® 10 and Agilex™ devices.
    • Added notes for Application, Write Enable%, and Read Enable% columns.
  • Minor updates to Agilex™ -specific table in Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page.
  • Updated images in the following topics:
    • Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator
    • Intel® FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components
    • Intel® FPGA PTC IP Power Summary
    • Intel® FPGA PTC IP Power Summary
    • Finding Resources Using the Find Dialog Box
  • Made minor updates to the description in Finding Resources Using the Find Dialog Box.
  • Revised the information in Estimating Power Before Starting the FPGA Design.
2023.10.02 23.3
  • Moved the following topics to Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface chapter:
    • Using Design Hierarchies in the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator
    • Entering Hierarchy Information Into the Intel® FPGA PTC
    • Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies in the Intel® FPGA PTC
    • Bulk Editing Hierarchies in the Intel FPGA PTC
  • Revised the "Override Device Selection" image in Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design.
  • Revised the " Intel® FPGA PTC Hierarchy Manager" image in Entering Hierarchy Information Into the FPGA PTC and added a new section for "IP Power Summary" tab.
  • Made minor revision to the description in Intel® FPGA PTC Hierarchy Manager.
  • Added the following new topics:
    • Intel® FPGA PTC IP Power Summary
    • Finding Resources Using the Find Dialog Box
    • Intel® FPGA PTC Searchable Drop-Down Lists
  • Added a new section about the "Input Device Utilization of Resources as a Percentage" in Intel® FPGA PTC - Common Page Elements.
  • Updated the description of columns in the following pages:
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - Logic Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - RAM Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - DSP Page
  • Added a note to Intel® FPGA PTC - Report Page.
  • Updated the images in the following topics:
    • Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator
    • Intel FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components
    • Entering Hierarchy Information Into the Intel FPGA PTC
    • Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies in the Intel FPGA PTC
    • Bulk Editing Hierarchies in the Intel FPGA PTC
2023.06.26 23.2
  • Revised the " Intel® FPGA PTC Hierarchy Manager" image in Entering Hierarchy Information Into the FPGA PTC.
  • Revised the images and added additional information about device selection in Intel® FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components.
  • Made minor updates in Intel® FPGA PTC - Main Page.
  • Added Bulk Editing Hierarchies in the Intel FPGA PTC.
  • Added additional information for Intel Agilex 7 devices in FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page.
  • Revised the images in Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies in the Intel® FPGA PTC and Launching the IP Wizard with button.
  • Revised Intel® FPGA PTC Hierarchy Manager to include details about bulk editing.
  • Revised the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator image in Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator .
  • Revised the I/O Page image and included "Voltage setting for unused HVIO banks" field description in Intel® FPGA PTC - I/O Page.
2023.03.31 23.1
  • Added support for Intel Agilex 7 M-series devices.
  • Added NOC to Intel FPGA PTC Data Entry Pages and PTC - Power Summary
  • Added the following parameters to the RAM Page Information table
    • Vertical Network
    • Vertical Network Port – Read From External Memory Enable %
    • Vertical Network Port – Clock Enable %
  • Added Intel FPGA PTC - NOC Page
  • Added Pseudo channel 0 and Pseudo channel 1 to Intel FPGA PTC - HBM Page
  • Renamed Power Summary window to Power Summary/Navigation
2022.12.19 22.4
  • In the Overview chapter:
    • Removed footnote stating that the PTC does not support importing data from the Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer.
    • In the Accessing the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculators topic, added a paragraph to the first row of the table.
  • In the Estimating Power Consumption chapter:
    • Modified the Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design topic.
    • Added the Importing a .qptc File Generated in the Intel Quartus Prime Power Analyzer topic.
    • Modified the steps and figures in the Entering Hierarchy Information Into the Intel FPGA PTC topic.
    • Modified the steps and figure in the Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies in the Intel FPGA PTC topic.
  • In the Graphical User Interface chapter:
    • Changed Module Manager to Hierarchy Manager in the Intel FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components topic.
    • Changed modules to entities in the Intel FPGA PTC Data Entry Pages topic.
    • Added the Intel® FPGA PTC - IP Wizard topic.
  • In the Intel FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages chapter, updated figures and column description tables in the following topics:
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - Logic Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - RAM Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - DSP Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - Clocks Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - PLLs Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - I/O Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceivers Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - HPS Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - Crypto Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - HBM Page
  • Removed the deprecated Intel® FPGA PTC - I/O-IP Page.
  • Updated numerous figures and aligned terminology throughout the document.
2022.09.26 22.3
  • Revised Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator topic for hierarchy support.
  • Revised Intel® FPGA PTC Power Model Status topic for clarity.
  • Consolidated several topics into the Intel FPGA PTC Versions Available topic.
  • Updated the Estimating Power Consumption Before Starting the Design topic for hierarchy support.
  • Added new Using Design Hierarchies in Intel FPGA PTC topic.
  • Added new Entering Hierarchy Information Into the Intel FPGA PTC topic.
  • Added new Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies from Intel FPGA PTC topic.
  • Added Module Manager explanation and new screenshot to Intel FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components topics.
  • Added new Intel® FPGA PTC Module Manager topic.
  • Revised explanation of manual mode in the Intel FPGA PTC - Common Page Elements topic.
  • Revised Intel® FPGA PTC - I/O Page for new GPIO voltage setting.
  • Revised Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page for new Treatment of Unused Transceiver Dies setting.
  • Updated the following topics for hierarchy support:
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - Logic Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - RAM Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - DSP Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - PLL Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - I/O Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - HPS Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - Crypto Page
    • Intel® FPGA PTC - HBM Page
2022.06.20 22.2
  • In the Intel® FPGA PTC Power Model Status topic, updated the statement of accuracy for the PTC for most Stratix® 10 and Intel Agilex designs.
  • In the Estimating Power Consumption While Creating the FPGA Design topic, added a new section: Appending an Imported .ptc or .qptc File to An Existing Design in the Intel FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator.
  • In the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphic User Interface chapter, added the Deleting Rows from a Table topic.
  • In the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages chapter, in the Intel® FPGA PTC Power Summary topic, added a note to the Intel Agilex PTC Power Summary section of the table.
2022.03.28 22.1
  • In the Setting Up the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator chapter, in the Power Analysis for Dual-Core 1SG10M Stratix® 10 Devices topic, made a minor addition to step 7 and added a bullet point in the Interpreting the Spreadsheet section.
  • In the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages chapter:
    • In the Intel® FPGA PTC - Common Page Elements topic, added a note to the Power Rail Current Consumption section.
    • Added a note to the RAM Mode description in the Intel® FPGA PTC - RAM Page topic,
    • Modified the # PMAs description in the Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page topic,
    • In the Intel® FPGA PTC - Report Page topic, added two bullet points explaining a minor format difference between Intel Agilex and Stratix® 10 versions of the Report page.
2021.12.13 21.4
  • In the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface chapter, added an entry for the Crypto page to the Intel FPGA Data Entry Pages topic.
  • In the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages chapter:
    • In the Power Summary topic, added Crypto to the Intel Agilex PTC Power Summary section of the table.
    • Added the Crypto Page topic.
    • In the Thermal Page topic, modified the illustrations and changed the Apply recommended margin parameter to Apply additional margin, and modified the description accordingly.
2021.10.04 21.3
  • Added the Power Analysis for Dual-Core 1SG10M Stratix® 10 Devices topic.
  • Added a note and one new section to the Intel® FPGA PTC - Common Page Elements topic.
  • Removed a line from the Power Characteristics description in the Device Selection Parameters table in the Intel® FPGA PTC - Main Page topic.
  • Added the Calculating ALM Utilization and Calculating Register Utilization sections to the Intel® FPGA PTC - Logic Page topic.
  • Removed references to Enpirion devices, throughout.
2021.07.22 21.1 Revised the description of the FPGA Core row name for TSD Offset, in the TSD Offset table in the Stratix® 10 section of the Thermal Page topic.
2021.06.10 21.1 In the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages chapter, implemented a minor wording change to the PLL Reference Clock Frequency (MHz) description in the I/O-IP Page topic.
2021.03.29 21.1
  • Implemented minor changes and updates to figures, throughout.
  • In the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages chapter:
    • Modified the table in the Intel FPGA PTC - Power Summary topic.
    • Modified the Junction temperature, TJ description in the Main Page topic.
    • Added the eSRAM ID column to the RAM Page topic.
    • Added the Domain column to the Clock Page topic.
    • Added the IO Bank and Bank ID columns to the I/O Page topic.
    • Modified the description of the Treatment of Unused HSSI Dies parameter, and made several changes to the Transceiver Page Information table in the Transceiver Page topic.
    • Made extensive changes to the Thermal Page topic.
    • Made changes to the Current and Power Regulator Requirements Per Voltage Rail table, in the Report Page topic.
  • In the Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator chapter, added the I/O Bank Allocation topic.
2021.01.21 20.3 In the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages chapter:
  • In the I/O Page topic, modified the description of the OE % column.
  • Under the Transceiver Page topic, added the Estimating E-Tile Channel PLL Power with the Intel Power and Thermal Calculator topic.
2020.10.05 20.3
  • In the Setting Up the Intel FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator chapter, made minor changes to the following topics:
    • Obtaining the Standalone Intel FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator
    • Estimating Power Consumption While Creating the FPGA Design
  • In the Intel FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface chapter, made minor changes to the following topics:
    • Intel FPGA PTC Select Family Dialog Box
    • Intel FPGA PTC Basic GUI Components
    • Intel FPGA PTC Data Entry Pages
    • Intel FPGA PTC Field Types
    • Intel FPGA PTC Data Entry Error Messages
  • Made changes to every topic in the Power and Thermal Calculator Pages chapter.
2020.07.24 20.1 In the Power and Thermal Calculator Tabs chapter, implemented changes to the Intel® FPGA PTC - ADC/DAC Tab ( Stratix® 10 Devices Only) topic.
2020.05.28 20.1 In the Intel® FPGA PTC - Thermal Tab topic:
  • Modified the FPGA Core TSD Offset (°C) description in the HBM Die ΨJC(°C/W) table.
  • Modified and consolidated the descriptions for the entries in the Transceiver Die TSD Offset (°C) table.
2020.04.27 20.1 In the Power and Thermal Calculator Tabs chapter, updated the figure and revised the table contents, in the Intel® FPGA PTC - ADC/DAC Tab ( Stratix® 10 Devices Only) topic.
2020.04.13 20.1
  • Added support for Stratix® 10 devices, throughout.
  • In the Setting Up the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator chapter:
    • Modified the Licensing information in the Availability topic.
    • Modified the Importing information in the Estimating Power Consumption While Creating the FPGA Design topic.
  • In the Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface chapter:
    • Added the Intel® FPGA PTC Select Family Dialog Box and Intel® FPGA PTC Basic GUI Components topics.
  • In the Power and Thermal Calculator Tabs chapter:
    • Added a Notice statement to the Power and Thermal Calculator Tabs topic.
    • Added the Intel® FPGA PTC - ADC/DAC Tab topic.
    • Added the Intel® FPGA PTC - HBM Tab topic.
    • Added the Intel® FPGA PTC - Thermal Tab topic.
    • Added the Intel® FPGA PTC - Intel® Enpirion® Tab topic.
  • Added the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive.
2020.02.14 19.4 Initial release.
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