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MSP430FR2433 vs ESP32-S3

MSP430FRx (MSP430FR2433) at 15.99 MHz against Xtensa LX7 (ESP32-S3) at 240 MHz, on real hardware, same C kernels, clocks verified.

MSP-EXP430FR2433 LaunchPad

MSP430FR2433

MSP430FRx (MSP430FR2433)
Family
MSP430
Board
MSP-EXP430FR2433 LaunchPad
Clock
15.99 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 64-bit
ESP32-S3 DevKit

ESP32-S3

Xtensa LX7 (ESP32-S3)
Family
Xtensa
Board
ESP32-S3 DevKit
Clock
240 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 64-bit
Typical gap
138×
ESP32-S3 faster, geometric mean of 30 cells
Biggest win for MSP430FR2433
0.05×
uint16_t add
Biggest win for ESP32-S3
2,165×
float multiply
Clock for clock
9.22×
ESP32-S3 needs fewer cycles per op (15.0× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster MSP430FR2433 is than ESP32-S3, operations per second. Blue: MSP430FR2433 ahead. Orange: ESP32-S3 ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 1/20.5× 621 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/21.2× 598 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/43.8× 290 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/133× 86.4 k/s · 11.5 M/s 1/127× 86 k/s · 10.9 M/s
uint16_t 1/19.7× 646 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/20.4× 622 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/41.1× 309 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/151× 67.3 k/s · 10.1 M/s 1/145× 67 k/s · 9.72 M/s
uint32_t 1/36.3× 370 k/s · 13.4 M/s 1/33.7× 397 k/s · 13.4 M/s 1/64.0× 210 k/s · 13.4 M/s 1/474× 23.1 k/s · 11 M/s 1/455× 23 k/s · 10.5 M/s
uint64_t 1/52.3× 151 k/s · 7.87 M/s 1/56.9× 137 k/s · 7.81 M/s 1/57.8× 94.3 k/s · 5.45 M/s 1/443× 4.06 k/s · 1.8 M/s 1/342× 5.1 k/s · 1.74 M/s
float 1/753× 16.8 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/781× 16.2 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/2,165× 5.85 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/298× 11.7 k/s · 3.48 M/s 1/91.7× 21.3 k/s · 1.95 M/s
double 1/371× 8.18 k/s · 3.04 M/s 1/358× 7.8 k/s · 2.79 M/s 1/2,120× 942 /s · 2 M/s 1/246× 2.1 k/s · 516 k/s 1/139× 8.79 k/s · 1.22 M/s

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