Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC IP User Guide: Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs

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Date 9/01/2025
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1.3. Low Latency Ethernet 10G MAC Operating Modes

Table 2.  Speed Mode Comparison of the LL Ethernet 10G MAC IP
Speed Mode Default Speed MAC Interface PHY Compliance
10G 10G
  • 32-bit XGMII
  • 64-bit XGMII (Use legacy Ethernet 10G MAC XGMII interface enabled)

1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (MGBASE)

1G/10G 10G
  • 8-bit GMII
  • 32-bit XGMII
  • 64-bit XGMII (Use legacy Ethernet 10G MAC XGMII interface enabled)

1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (MGBASE)

10M/100M/1G/10G 10G
  • 4-bit MII
  • 8-bit GMII
  • 32-bit XGMII
  • 64-bit XGMII (Use legacy Ethernet 10G MAC XGMII interface enabled)

1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (MGBASE)

1G/2.5G 2.5G 16-bit GMII

1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (MGBASE)

1G/2.5G/10G 10G
  • 16-bit GMII
  • 32-bit XGMII
  • 64-bit XGMII (Use legacy Ethernet 10G MAC XGMII interface enabled)
1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (MGBASE)
10M/100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G 10G 32-bit USXGMII

1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (NBASE)

10M/100M/1G/2.5G 2.5G 16-bit GMII

1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (MGBASE)

10M/100M/1G/2.5G/10G 10G
  • 16-bit GMII
  • 32-bit XGMII
  • 64-bit XGMII (Enable legacy Ethernet 10G MAC XGMII interface)

1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multirate Ethernet PHY (MGBASE)