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MSP430FR2433 vs Pi Pico

MSP430FRx (MSP430FR2433) at 15.99 MHz against Cortex-M0+ (RP2040) at 200 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
Pi Pico

Pi Pico

Cortex-M0+ (RP2040)
Family
Arm Cortex-M
Board
Pi Pico
Clock
200 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 64-bit
Typical gap
85.8×
Pi Pico faster, geometric mean of 30 cells
Biggest win for MSP430FR2433
0.06×
uint16_t add
Biggest win for Pi Pico
1,081×
double multiply
Clock for clock
6.86×
Pi Pico needs fewer cycles per op (12.5× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster MSP430FR2433 is than Pi Pico, operations per second. Blue: MSP430FR2433 ahead. Orange: Pi Pico ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 1/21.8× 621 k/s · 13.5 M/s 1/24.3× 598 k/s · 14.5 M/s 1/43.8× 290 k/s · 12.7 M/s 1/55.3× 86.4 k/s · 4.78 M/s 1/55.6× 86 k/s · 4.78 M/s
uint16_t 1/16.5× 646 k/s · 10.7 M/s 1/17.1× 622 k/s · 10.7 M/s 1/36.4× 309 k/s · 11.3 M/s 1/71.0× 67.3 k/s · 4.77 M/s 1/71.3× 67 k/s · 4.77 M/s
uint32_t 1/30.4× 370 k/s · 11.3 M/s 1/28.3× 397 k/s · 11.3 M/s 1/56.9× 210 k/s · 11.9 M/s 1/222× 23.1 k/s · 5.14 M/s 1/223× 23 k/s · 5.14 M/s
uint64_t 1/42.7× 151 k/s · 6.44 M/s 1/44.1× 137 k/s · 6.05 M/s 1/33.2× 94.3 k/s · 3.13 M/s 1/494× 4.06 k/s · 2.01 M/s 1/394× 5.1 k/s · 2.01 M/s
float 1/128× 16.8 k/s · 2.16 M/s 1/123× 16.2 k/s · 2 M/s 1/419× 5.85 k/s · 2.45 M/s 1/172× 11.7 k/s · 2.01 M/s 1/53.6× 21.3 k/s · 1.14 M/s
double 1/196× 8.18 k/s · 1.6 M/s 1/190× 7.8 k/s · 1.48 M/s 1/1,081× 942 /s · 1.02 M/s 1/442× 2.1 k/s · 926 k/s 1/83.5× 8.79 k/s · 734 k/s

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