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PIC18F57Q84 vs ESP32-C6

PIC18F (PIC18F57Q84) at 64 MHz against RV32IMAC (ESP32-C6) at 160 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
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
64.7×
ESP32-C6 faster, geometric mean of 25 cells
Biggest win for PIC18F57Q84
0.04×
uint8_t add
Biggest win for ESP32-C6
506×
uint32_t multiply
Clock for clock
25.9×
ESP32-C6 needs fewer cycles per op (2.50× clock gap)

Operation by operation

Every cell

How many times faster PIC18F57Q84 is than ESP32-C6, operations per second. Blue: PIC18F57Q84 ahead. Orange: ESP32-C6 ahead.

AddSubtractMultiplyDivideModulo
uint8_t 1/23.9× 538 k/s · 12.8 M/s 1/27.7× 504 k/s · 14 M/s 1/26.8× 520 k/s · 14 M/s 1/59.8× 135 k/s · 8.1 M/s 1/77.3× 106 k/s · 8.2 M/s
uint16_t 1/31.5× 328 k/s · 10.3 M/s 1/31.5× 328 k/s · 10.3 M/s 1/38.5× 287 k/s · 11.1 M/s 1/118× 62.1 k/s · 7.35 M/s 1/105× 70.6 k/s · 7.43 M/s
uint32_t 1/53.6× 240 k/s · 12.8 M/s 1/49.6× 240 k/s · 11.9 M/s 1/506× 23.5 k/s · 11.9 M/s 1/300× 24.5 k/s · 7.35 M/s 1/260× 28.6 k/s · 7.43 M/s
uint64_t not measurednot measurednot measurednot measurednot measured
float 1/64.2× 37.4 k/s · 2.4 M/s 1/72.2× 31.7 k/s · 2.29 M/s 1/120× 22.6 k/s · 2.7 M/s 1/88.7× 10.2 k/s · 905 k/s 1/48.5× 19.8 k/s · 959 k/s
double 1/37.3× 37.4 k/s · 1.39 M/s 1/42.7× 31.7 k/s · 1.35 M/s 1/75.4× 22.6 k/s · 1.7 M/s 1/48.2× 10.2 k/s · 492 k/s 1/32.7× 19.8 k/s · 647 k/s

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