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PIC16F17146 vs PIC18F57Q84

PIC16F (PIC16F17146) at 32 MHz against PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84) at 64 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
PIC18F57Q84 Curiosity Nano

PIC18F57Q84

PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84)
Family
PIC / dsPIC
Board
PIC18F57Q84 Curiosity Nano
Clock
64 MHz
float / double
32-bit / 32-bit
Typical gap
2.51×
PIC18F57Q84 faster, geometric mean of 25 cells
Biggest win for PIC16F17146
0.74×
uint16_t subtract
Biggest win for PIC18F57Q84
11.3×
uint16_t multiply
Clock for clock
1.26×
PIC18F57Q84 needs fewer cycles per op (2.00× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster PIC16F17146 is than PIC18F57Q84, operations per second. Blue: PIC16F17146 ahead. Orange: PIC18F57Q84 ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 1/1.80× 298 k/s · 538 k/s 1/1.82× 277 k/s · 504 k/s 1/8.02× 64.8 k/s · 520 k/s 1/2.18× 62 k/s · 135 k/s 1/5.28× 20.1 k/s · 106 k/s
uint16_t 1/1.35× 244 k/s · 328 k/s 1/1.35× 244 k/s · 328 k/s 1/11.3× 25.4 k/s · 287 k/s 1/2.63× 23.6 k/s · 62.1 k/s 1/2.58× 27.3 k/s · 70.6 k/s
uint32_t 1/2.27× 105 k/s · 240 k/s 1/2.69× 89 k/s · 240 k/s 1/2.37× 9.9 k/s · 23.5 k/s 1/2.65× 9.23 k/s · 24.5 k/s 1/2.65× 10.8 k/s · 28.6 k/s
uint64_t not measurednot measurednot measurednot measurednot measured
float 1/1.50× 24.9 k/s · 37.4 k/s 1/1.70× 18.6 k/s · 31.7 k/s 1/3.79× 5.95 k/s · 22.6 k/s 1/1.85× 5.51 k/s · 10.2 k/s 1/2.70× 7.33 k/s · 19.8 k/s
double 1/1.50× 24.9 k/s · 37.4 k/s 1/1.70× 18.6 k/s · 31.7 k/s 1/3.79× 5.95 k/s · 22.6 k/s 1/1.85× 5.51 k/s · 10.2 k/s 1/2.70× 7.33 k/s · 19.8 k/s

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