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PIC18F57Q84 vs dsPIC33AK512

PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84) at 64 MHz against dsPIC33A (dsPIC33AK512MPS506) at 200 MHz, on real hardware, same C kernels, clocks verified.

PIC18F57Q84 Curiosity Nano

PIC18F57Q84

PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84)
Family
PIC / dsPIC
Board
PIC18F57Q84 Curiosity Nano
Clock
64 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
126×
dsPIC33AK512 faster, geometric mean of 25 cells
Biggest win for PIC18F57Q84
0.03×
uint8_t add
Biggest win for dsPIC33AK512
621×
float divide
Clock for clock
40.4×
dsPIC33AK512 needs fewer cycles per op (3.13× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster PIC18F57Q84 is than dsPIC33AK512, operations per second. Blue: PIC18F57Q84 ahead. Orange: dsPIC33AK512 ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 1/32.1× 538 k/s · 17.3 M/s 1/34.2× 504 k/s · 17.3 M/s 1/33.2× 520 k/s · 17.3 M/s 1/68.5× 135 k/s · 9.26 M/s 1/73.6× 106 k/s · 7.81 M/s
uint16_t 1/39.1× 328 k/s · 12.8 M/s 1/39.1× 328 k/s · 12.8 M/s 1/55.3× 287 k/s · 15.9 M/s 1/149× 62.1 k/s · 9.26 M/s 1/111× 70.6 k/s · 7.81 M/s
uint32_t 1/42.6× 240 k/s · 10.2 M/s 1/42.6× 240 k/s · 10.2 M/s 1/513× 23.5 k/s · 12.1 M/s 1/307× 24.5 k/s · 7.52 M/s 1/236× 28.6 k/s · 6.76 M/s
uint64_t not measurednot measurednot measurednot measurednot measured
float 1/227× 37.4 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/267× 31.7 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/376× 22.6 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/621× 10.2 k/s · 6.33 M/s 1/100.0× 19.8 k/s · 1.98 M/s
double 1/227× 37.4 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/267× 31.7 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/376× 22.6 k/s · 8.48 M/s 1/621× 10.2 k/s · 6.33 M/s 1/100.0× 19.8 k/s · 1.98 M/s

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