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PIC16F17146 vs ESP32-C6

PIC16F (PIC16F17146) at 32 MHz against RV32IMAC (ESP32-C6) at 160 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
ESP32-C6-DevKitM-1

ESP32-C6

RV32IMAC (ESP32-C6)
Family
RISC-V
Board
ESP32-C6-DevKitM-1
Clock
160 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 64-bit
Typical gap
162×
ESP32-C6 faster, geometric mean of 25 cells
Biggest win for PIC16F17146
0.02×
uint16_t subtract
Biggest win for ESP32-C6
1,199×
uint32_t multiply
Clock for clock
32.5×
ESP32-C6 needs fewer cycles per op (5.00× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster PIC16F17146 is than ESP32-C6, operations per second. Blue: PIC16F17146 ahead. Orange: ESP32-C6 ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 1/43.1× 298 k/s · 12.8 M/s 1/50.4× 277 k/s · 14 M/s 1/215× 64.8 k/s · 14 M/s 1/131× 62 k/s · 8.1 M/s 1/408× 20.1 k/s · 8.2 M/s
uint16_t 1/42.4× 244 k/s · 10.3 M/s 1/42.4× 244 k/s · 10.3 M/s 1/435× 25.4 k/s · 11.1 M/s 1/311× 23.6 k/s · 7.35 M/s 1/272× 27.3 k/s · 7.43 M/s
uint32_t 1/122× 105 k/s · 12.8 M/s 1/133× 89 k/s · 11.9 M/s 1/1,199× 9.9 k/s · 11.9 M/s 1/796× 9.23 k/s · 7.35 M/s 1/688× 10.8 k/s · 7.43 M/s
uint64_t not measurednot measurednot measurednot measurednot measured
float 1/96.5× 24.9 k/s · 2.4 M/s 1/123× 18.6 k/s · 2.29 M/s 1/453× 5.95 k/s · 2.7 M/s 1/164× 5.51 k/s · 905 k/s 1/131× 7.33 k/s · 959 k/s
double 1/56.0× 24.9 k/s · 1.39 M/s 1/72.7× 18.6 k/s · 1.35 M/s 1/286× 5.95 k/s · 1.7 M/s 1/89.3× 5.51 k/s · 492 k/s 1/88.2× 7.33 k/s · 647 k/s

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