ESP32 vs PIC18F57Q84
Xtensa LX6 (ESP32) at 240 MHz against PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84) at 64 MHz, on real hardware, same C kernels, clocks verified.
PIC18F57Q84
PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84)
- Family
- PIC / dsPIC
- Board
- PIC18F57Q84 Curiosity Nano
- Clock
- 64 MHz
- float / double
- 32-bit / 32-bit
Typical gap
96.1×
ESP32 faster, geometric mean of 25 cells
Biggest win for ESP32
532×
float multiply
Closest cell
21.3×
uint8_t add
Clock for clock
25.6×
ESP32 needs fewer cycles per op (3.75× clock gap)
Operation by operation
Every cell
How many times faster ESP32 is than PIC18F57Q84, operations per second. Blue: ESP32 ahead. Orange: PIC18F57Q84 ahead.
| Add | Subtract | Multiply | Divide | Modulo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uint8_t | 21.3× 11.4 M/s · 538 k/s | 22.7× 11.4 M/s · 504 k/s | 21.9× 11.4 M/s · 520 k/s | 77.1× 10.4 M/s · 135 k/s | 94.2× 10 M/s · 106 k/s |
| uint16_t | 34.8× 11.4 M/s · 328 k/s | 34.8× 11.4 M/s · 328 k/s | 39.9× 11.4 M/s · 287 k/s | 150× 9.32 M/s · 62.1 k/s | 127× 8.97 M/s · 70.6 k/s |
| uint32_t | 50.1× 12 M/s · 240 k/s | 50.1× 12 M/s · 240 k/s | 512× 12 M/s · 23.5 k/s | 408× 10 M/s · 24.5 k/s | 335× 9.6 M/s · 28.6 k/s |
| uint64_t | not measured | not measured | not measured | not measured | not measured |
| float | 321× 12 M/s · 37.4 k/s | 378× 12 M/s · 31.7 k/s | 532× 12 M/s · 22.6 k/s | 373× 3.8 M/s · 10.2 k/s | 87.5× 1.73 M/s · 19.8 k/s |
| double | 79.2× 2.96 M/s · 37.4 k/s | 84.5× 2.68 M/s · 31.7 k/s | 82.7× 1.86 M/s · 22.6 k/s | 45.0× 459 k/s · 10.2 k/s | 55.9× 1.11 M/s · 19.8 k/s |