ESP32-S3 vs Pi Pico 2W
Xtensa LX7 (ESP32-S3) at 240 MHz against Cortex-M33 (RP2350) at 150 MHz, on real hardware, same C kernels, clocks verified.
ESP32-S3
Xtensa LX7 (ESP32-S3)
- Family
- Xtensa
- Board
- ESP32-S3 DevKit
- Clock
- 240 MHz
- float / double
- 32-bit / 64-bit
Pi Pico 2W
Cortex-M33 (RP2350)
- Family
- Arm Cortex-M
- Board
- Pi Pico 2W
- Clock
- 150 MHz
- float / double
- 32-bit / 64-bit
Typical gap
1.01×
ESP32-S3 faster, geometric mean of 30 cells
Biggest win for ESP32-S3
5.29×
uint64_t divide
Biggest win for Pi Pico 2W
4.07×
double divide
Clock for clock
1.59×
Pi Pico 2W needs fewer cycles per op (1.60× clock gap)
Operation by operation
Every cell
How many times faster ESP32-S3 is than Pi Pico 2W, operations per second. Blue: ESP32-S3 ahead. Orange: Pi Pico 2W ahead.
| Add | Subtract | Multiply | Divide | Modulo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uint8_t | 1.04× 12.7 M/s · 12.2 M/s | 1.04× 12.7 M/s · 12.2 M/s | 1.12× 12.7 M/s · 11.3 M/s | 1.21× 11.5 M/s · 9.49 M/s | 1.37× 10.9 M/s · 7.97 M/s |
| uint16_t | 1.04× 12.7 M/s · 12.3 M/s | 1.04× 12.7 M/s · 12.2 M/s | 1.04× 12.7 M/s · 12.3 M/s | 1.17× 10.1 M/s · 8.7 M/s | 1.31× 9.72 M/s · 7.4 M/s |
| uint32_t | 1.01× 13.4 M/s · 13.3 M/s | 1.00× 13.4 M/s · 13.4 M/s | 1.09× 13.4 M/s · 12.3 M/s | 1.19× 11 M/s · 9.2 M/s | 1.28× 10.5 M/s · 8.19 M/s |
| uint64_t | 1/1.25× 7.87 M/s · 9.84 M/s | 1/1.26× 7.81 M/s · 9.84 M/s | 1/1.50× 5.45 M/s · 8.19 M/s | 5.29× 1.8 M/s · 340 k/s | 5.12× 1.74 M/s · 340 k/s |
| float | 1/1.05× 12.7 M/s · 13.4 M/s | 1/1.05× 12.7 M/s · 13.4 M/s | 1/1.05× 12.7 M/s · 13.4 M/s | 1/1.85× 3.48 M/s · 6.43 M/s | 1.12× 1.95 M/s · 1.74 M/s |
| double | 1/1.88× 3.04 M/s · 5.71 M/s | 1/2.04× 2.79 M/s · 5.69 M/s | 1/1.73× 2 M/s · 3.46 M/s | 1/4.07× 516 k/s · 2.1 M/s | 1.00× 1.22 M/s · 1.22 M/s |