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PIC16F17146 vs dsPIC33AK512

PIC16F (PIC16F17146) at 32 MHz against dsPIC33A (dsPIC33AK512MPS506) at 200 MHz, on real hardware, same C kernels, clocks verified.

PIC16F17146 Curiosity Nano

PIC16F17146

PIC16F (PIC16F17146)
Family
PIC / dsPIC
Board
PIC16F17146 Curiosity Nano
Clock
32 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 32-bit
dsPIC33AK512MPS506 Curiosity Nano

dsPIC33AK512

dsPIC33A (dsPIC33AK512MPS506)
Family
PIC / dsPIC
Board
dsPIC33AK512MPS506 Curiosity Nano
Clock
200 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 32-bit
Typical gap
317×
dsPIC33AK512 faster, geometric mean of 25 cells
Biggest win for PIC16F17146
0.02×
uint16_t subtract
Biggest win for dsPIC33AK512
1,424×
float multiply
Clock for clock
50.8×
dsPIC33AK512 needs fewer cycles per op (6.25× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster PIC16F17146 is than dsPIC33AK512, operations per second. Blue: PIC16F17146 ahead. Orange: dsPIC33AK512 ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 1/57.9× 298 k/s · 17.3 M/s 1/62.2× 277 k/s · 17.3 M/s 1/266× 64.8 k/s · 17.3 M/s 1/149× 62 k/s · 9.26 M/s 1/389× 20.1 k/s · 7.81 M/s
uint16_t 1/52.7× 244 k/s · 12.8 M/s 1/52.7× 244 k/s · 12.8 M/s 1/626× 25.4 k/s · 15.9 M/s 1/393× 23.6 k/s · 9.26 M/s 1/286× 27.3 k/s · 7.81 M/s
uint32_t 1/96.8× 105 k/s · 10.2 M/s 1/115× 89 k/s · 10.2 M/s 1/1,217× 9.9 k/s · 12.1 M/s 1/815× 9.23 k/s · 7.52 M/s 1/625× 10.8 k/s · 6.76 M/s
uint64_t not measurednot measurednot measurednot measurednot measured
float 1/340× 24.9 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/455× 18.6 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/1,424× 5.95 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/1,148× 5.51 k/s · 6.33 M/s 1/270× 7.33 k/s · 1.98 M/s
double 1/340× 24.9 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/455× 18.6 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/1,424× 5.95 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/1,148× 5.51 k/s · 6.33 M/s 1/270× 7.33 k/s · 1.98 M/s

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