Pi Pico vs Pi Pico 2W
Cortex-M0+ (RP2040) at 200 MHz against Cortex-M33 (RP2350) at 150 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
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
1.60×
Pi Pico 2W faster, geometric mean of 30 cells
Biggest win for Pi Pico
5.91×
uint64_t divide
Biggest win for Pi Pico 2W
6.67×
float subtract
Clock for clock
2.13×
Pi Pico 2W needs fewer cycles per op (1.33× clock gap)
Operation by operation
Every cell
How many times faster Pi Pico is than Pi Pico 2W, operations per second. Blue: Pi Pico ahead. Orange: Pi Pico 2W ahead.
| Add | Subtract | Multiply | Divide | Modulo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uint8_t | 1.11× 13.5 M/s · 12.2 M/s | 1.19× 14.5 M/s · 12.2 M/s | 1.12× 12.7 M/s · 11.3 M/s | 1/1.99× 4.78 M/s · 9.49 M/s | 1/1.67× 4.78 M/s · 7.97 M/s |
| uint16_t | 1/1.15× 10.7 M/s · 12.3 M/s | 1/1.15× 10.7 M/s · 12.2 M/s | 1/1.09× 11.3 M/s · 12.3 M/s | 1/1.82× 4.77 M/s · 8.7 M/s | 1/1.55× 4.77 M/s · 7.4 M/s |
| uint32_t | 1/1.18× 11.3 M/s · 13.3 M/s | 1/1.19× 11.3 M/s · 13.4 M/s | 1/1.03× 11.9 M/s · 12.3 M/s | 1/1.79× 5.14 M/s · 9.2 M/s | 1/1.59× 5.14 M/s · 8.19 M/s |
| uint64_t | 1/1.53× 6.44 M/s · 9.84 M/s | 1/1.63× 6.05 M/s · 9.84 M/s | 1/2.62× 3.13 M/s · 8.19 M/s | 5.91× 2.01 M/s · 340 k/s | 5.90× 2.01 M/s · 340 k/s |
| float | 1/6.18× 2.16 M/s · 13.4 M/s | 1/6.67× 2 M/s · 13.4 M/s | 1/5.44× 2.45 M/s · 13.4 M/s | 1/3.20× 2.01 M/s · 6.43 M/s | 1/1.53× 1.14 M/s · 1.74 M/s |
| double | 1/3.57× 1.6 M/s · 5.71 M/s | 1/3.84× 1.48 M/s · 5.69 M/s | 1/3.40× 1.02 M/s · 3.46 M/s | 1/2.27× 926 k/s · 2.1 M/s | 1/1.66× 734 k/s · 1.22 M/s |