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dsPIC33AK512 vs PIC16F17146

dsPIC33A (dsPIC33AK512MPS506) at 200 MHz against PIC16F (PIC16F17146) at 32 MHz, on real hardware, same C kernels, clocks verified.

dsPIC33AK512MPS506 Curiosity Nano

dsPIC33AK512

dsPIC33A (dsPIC33AK512MPS506)
Family
PIC / dsPIC
Board
dsPIC33AK512MPS506 Curiosity Nano
Clock
200 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 32-bit
PIC16F17146 Curiosity Nano

PIC16F17146

PIC16F (PIC16F17146)
Family
PIC / dsPIC
Board
PIC16F17146 Curiosity Nano
Clock
32 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 32-bit
Typical gap
317×
dsPIC33AK512 faster, geometric mean of 25 cells
Biggest win for dsPIC33AK512
1,424×
double multiply
Closest cell
52.7×
uint16_t subtract
Clock for clock
50.8×
dsPIC33AK512 needs fewer cycles per op (6.25× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster dsPIC33AK512 is than PIC16F17146, operations per second. Blue: dsPIC33AK512 ahead. Orange: PIC16F17146 ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 57.9× 17.3 M/s · 298 k/s 62.2× 17.3 M/s · 277 k/s 266× 17.3 M/s · 64.8 k/s 149× 9.26 M/s · 62 k/s 389× 7.81 M/s · 20.1 k/s
uint16_t 52.7× 12.8 M/s · 244 k/s 52.7× 12.8 M/s · 244 k/s 626× 15.9 M/s · 25.4 k/s 393× 9.26 M/s · 23.6 k/s 286× 7.81 M/s · 27.3 k/s
uint32_t 96.8× 10.2 M/s · 105 k/s 115× 10.2 M/s · 89 k/s 1,217× 12.1 M/s · 9.9 k/s 815× 7.52 M/s · 9.23 k/s 625× 6.76 M/s · 10.8 k/s
uint64_t not measurednot measurednot measurednot measurednot measured
float 340× 8.48 M/s · 24.9 k/s 455× 8.48 M/s · 18.6 k/s 1,424× 8.48 M/s · 5.95 k/s 1,148× 6.33 M/s · 5.51 k/s 270× 1.98 M/s · 7.33 k/s
double 340× 8.48 M/s · 24.9 k/s 455× 8.48 M/s · 18.6 k/s 1,424× 8.48 M/s · 5.95 k/s 1,148× 6.33 M/s · 5.51 k/s 270× 1.98 M/s · 7.33 k/s

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