Pi Pico vs Nucleo G474RE
Cortex-M0+ (RP2040) at 200 MHz against Cortex-M4F (STM32G474) at 170 MHz, on real hardware, same C kernels, clocks verified.
Pi Pico
Cortex-M0+ (RP2040)
- Family
- Arm Cortex-M
- Board
- Pi Pico
- Clock
- 200 MHz
- float / double
- 32-bit / 64-bit
Nucleo G474RE
Cortex-M4F (STM32G474)
- Family
- Arm Cortex-M
- Board
- Nucleo G474RE
- Clock
- 170 MHz
- float / double
- 32-bit / 64-bit
Typical gap
1.44×
Nucleo G474RE faster, geometric mean of 30 cells
Biggest win for Pi Pico
1.73×
uint64_t modulo
Biggest win for Nucleo G474RE
5.86×
float subtract
Clock for clock
1.70×
Nucleo G474RE needs fewer cycles per op (1.18× clock gap)
Operation by operation
Every cell
How many times faster Pi Pico is than Nucleo G474RE, operations per second. Blue: Pi Pico ahead. Orange: Nucleo G474RE ahead.
| Add | Subtract | Multiply | Divide | Modulo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uint8_t | 1.15× 13.5 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1.24× 14.5 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1.08× 12.7 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1/1.87× 4.78 M/s · 8.96 M/s | 1/1.70× 4.78 M/s · 8.1 M/s |
| uint16_t | 1/1.10× 10.7 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1/1.10× 10.7 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1/1.04× 11.3 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1/1.72× 4.77 M/s · 8.2 M/s | 1/1.58× 4.77 M/s · 7.56 M/s |
| uint32_t | 1/1.12× 11.3 M/s · 12.6 M/s | 1/1.12× 11.3 M/s · 12.6 M/s | 1/1.06× 11.9 M/s · 12.6 M/s | 1/1.70× 5.14 M/s · 8.73 M/s | 1/1.61× 5.14 M/s · 8.3 M/s |
| uint64_t | 1/1.17× 6.44 M/s · 7.56 M/s | 1/1.25× 6.05 M/s · 7.56 M/s | 1/2.13× 3.13 M/s · 6.67 M/s | 1.73× 2.01 M/s · 1.16 M/s | 1.73× 2.01 M/s · 1.16 M/s |
| float | 1/5.44× 2.16 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1/5.86× 2 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1/4.79× 2.45 M/s · 11.7 M/s | 1/3.20× 2.01 M/s · 6.42 M/s | 1/1.17× 1.14 M/s · 1.34 M/s |
| double | 1.01× 1.6 M/s · 1.58 M/s | 1/1.06× 1.48 M/s · 1.58 M/s | 1/2.18× 1.02 M/s · 2.22 M/s | 1/1.80× 926 k/s · 1.67 M/s | 1.07× 734 k/s · 688 k/s |