dsPIC33AK512 vs Pi Pico
dsPIC33A (dsPIC33AK512MPS506) at 200 MHz against Cortex-M0+ (RP2040) at 200 MHz, on real hardware, same C kernels, clocks verified.
dsPIC33AK512
dsPIC33A (dsPIC33AK512MPS506)
- Family
- PIC / dsPIC
- Board
- dsPIC33AK512MPS506 Curiosity Nano
- Clock
- 200 MHz
- float / double
- 32-bit / 32-bit
Pi Pico
Cortex-M0+ (RP2040)
- Family
- Arm Cortex-M
- Board
- Pi Pico
- Clock
- 200 MHz
- float / double
- 32-bit / 64-bit
Typical gap
1.59×
dsPIC33AK512 faster, geometric mean of 30 cells
Biggest win for dsPIC33AK512
8.33×
double multiply
Biggest win for Pi Pico
20.2×
uint64_t divide
Clock for clock
1.59×
dsPIC33AK512 needs fewer cycles per op (1.00× clock gap)
Operation by operation
Every cell
How many times faster dsPIC33AK512 is than Pi Pico, operations per second. Blue: dsPIC33AK512 ahead. Orange: Pi Pico ahead.
| Add | Subtract | Multiply | Divide | Modulo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uint8_t | 1.27× 17.3 M/s · 13.5 M/s | 1.19× 17.3 M/s · 14.5 M/s | 1.36× 17.3 M/s · 12.7 M/s | 1.94× 9.26 M/s · 4.78 M/s | 1.63× 7.81 M/s · 4.78 M/s |
| uint16_t | 1.20× 12.8 M/s · 10.7 M/s | 1.20× 12.8 M/s · 10.7 M/s | 1.41× 15.9 M/s · 11.3 M/s | 1.94× 9.26 M/s · 4.77 M/s | 1.64× 7.81 M/s · 4.77 M/s |
| uint32_t | 1/1.10× 10.2 M/s · 11.3 M/s | 1/1.10× 10.2 M/s · 11.3 M/s | 1.01× 12.1 M/s · 11.9 M/s | 1.46× 7.52 M/s · 5.14 M/s | 1.31× 6.76 M/s · 5.14 M/s |
| uint64_t | 1.51× 9.71 M/s · 6.44 M/s | 1.61× 9.71 M/s · 6.05 M/s | 1.96× 6.14 M/s · 3.13 M/s | 1/20.2× 99.2 k/s · 2.01 M/s | 1/20.1× 99.8 k/s · 2.01 M/s |
| float | 3.92× 8.48 M/s · 2.16 M/s | 4.23× 8.48 M/s · 2 M/s | 3.46× 8.48 M/s · 2.45 M/s | 3.15× 6.33 M/s · 2.01 M/s | 1.74× 1.98 M/s · 1.14 M/s |
| double | 5.29× 8.48 M/s · 1.6 M/s | 5.72× 8.48 M/s · 1.48 M/s | 8.33× 8.48 M/s · 1.02 M/s | 6.83× 6.33 M/s · 926 k/s | 2.70× 1.98 M/s · 734 k/s |