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dsPIC33AK512 vs PIC18F57Q84

dsPIC33A (dsPIC33AK512MPS506) at 200 MHz against PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84) at 64 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
PIC18F57Q84 Curiosity Nano

PIC18F57Q84

PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84)
Family
PIC / dsPIC
Board
PIC18F57Q84 Curiosity Nano
Clock
64 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 32-bit
Typical gap
126×
dsPIC33AK512 faster, geometric mean of 25 cells
Biggest win for dsPIC33AK512
621×
double divide
Closest cell
32.1×
uint8_t add
Clock for clock
40.4×
dsPIC33AK512 needs fewer cycles per op (3.13× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster dsPIC33AK512 is than PIC18F57Q84, operations per second. Blue: dsPIC33AK512 ahead. Orange: PIC18F57Q84 ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 32.1× 17.3 M/s · 538 k/s 34.2× 17.3 M/s · 504 k/s 33.2× 17.3 M/s · 520 k/s 68.5× 9.26 M/s · 135 k/s 73.6× 7.81 M/s · 106 k/s
uint16_t 39.1× 12.8 M/s · 328 k/s 39.1× 12.8 M/s · 328 k/s 55.3× 15.9 M/s · 287 k/s 149× 9.26 M/s · 62.1 k/s 111× 7.81 M/s · 70.6 k/s
uint32_t 42.6× 10.2 M/s · 240 k/s 42.6× 10.2 M/s · 240 k/s 513× 12.1 M/s · 23.5 k/s 307× 7.52 M/s · 24.5 k/s 236× 6.76 M/s · 28.6 k/s
uint64_t not measurednot measurednot measurednot measurednot measured
float 227× 8.48 M/s · 37.4 k/s 267× 8.48 M/s · 31.7 k/s 376× 8.48 M/s · 22.6 k/s 621× 6.33 M/s · 10.2 k/s 100.0× 1.98 M/s · 19.8 k/s
double 227× 8.48 M/s · 37.4 k/s 267× 8.48 M/s · 31.7 k/s 376× 8.48 M/s · 22.6 k/s 621× 6.33 M/s · 10.2 k/s 100.0× 1.98 M/s · 19.8 k/s

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