Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 vs Raspberry Pi Pico — Is the Upgrade Worth It? We put the new Pico 2 to the test against the beloved original in a real-world benchmark using identical Arduino/C++ code to calculate π with 100,000 iterations. How much faster is the new chip? And how do its RISC-V cores compare to both the Cortex-M0+ and the newer M33 cores?
The results may surprise you. We explore not just raw speed, but also power consumption and efficiency across all configurations—including overclocking and core switching. With dual architectures (ARM and RISC-V) packed into the Pico 2, we find out which one really shines in floating-point workloads, and where the RISC-V side falls short.
You’ll also learn how the presence of a hardware FPU, ISA design, and compiler maturity affect performance—because in the world of microcontrollers, clock speed alone doesn’t tell the whole story.
🛒 Boards Used & Recommended in This Video:
🔗 Raspberry Pi Pico: educ8s.tv/part/RaspberryPiPico
🔗 Raspberry Pi Pico 2: educ8s.tv/part/PiPico2
🔗 ESP32 P4: educ8s.tv/part/ESP32P4
🔗 ESP32S3: educ8s.tv/part/ESP32S3DEV
🔗 Power Meter: educ8s.tv/part/UsbDoctorOLED
⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro: Pico vs Pico 2
0:00:27 - What’s Different in the Pico 2
0:01:45 - Benchmark Setup & Method
0:02:16 - Pico 2 ARM vs Original Pico
0:03:50 - Overclocking Results
0:04:14 - Pico 2 RISC-V Core Performance
0:05:24 - Power Consumption Comparison
0:06:20 - Final Result & Takeaways
0:07:14 - What’s Next: ESP32-S3 vs Pico 2
#RaspberryPiPico #Pico2 #Benchmark #Microcontroller #Arduino #RISC-V #EmbeddedSystems #Electronics #PiPico #LowPower #IoT
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 vs Raspberry Pi Pico — Is the Upgrade Worth It? We put the new Pico 2 to the test against the beloved original in a real-world benchmark using identical Arduino/C++ code to calculate π with 100,000 iterations. How much faster is the new chip? And how do its RISC-V cores compare to both the Cortex-M0+ and the newer M33 cores?
The results may surprise you. We explore not just raw speed, but also power consumption and efficiency across all configurations—including overclocking and core switching. With dual architectures (ARM and RISC-V) packed into the Pico 2, we find out which one really shines in floating-point workloads, and where the RISC-V side falls short.
You’ll also learn how the presence of a hardware FPU, ISA design, and compiler maturity affect performance—because in the world of microcontrollers, clock speed alone doesn’t tell the whole story.
🛒 Boards Used & Recommended in This Video:
🔗 Raspberry Pi Pico: educ8s.tv/part/RaspberryPiPico
🔗 Raspberry Pi Pico 2: educ8s.tv/part/PiPico2
🔗 ESP32 P4: educ8s.tv/part/ESP32P4
🔗 ESP32S3: educ8s.tv/part/ESP32S3DEV
🔗 Power Meter: educ8s.tv/part/UsbDoctorOLED
⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro: Pico vs Pico 2
0:00:27 - What’s Different in the Pico 2
0:01:45 - Benchmark Setup & Method
0:02:16 - Pico 2 ARM vs Original Pico
0:03:50 - Overclocking Results
0:04:14 - Pico 2 RISC-V Core Performance
0:05:24 - Power Consumption Comparison
0:06:20 - Final Result & Takeaways
0:07:14 - What’s Next: ESP32-S3 vs Pico 2
#RaspberryPiPico #Pico2 #Benchmark #Microcontroller #Arduino #RISC-V #EmbeddedSystems #Electronics #PiPico #LowPower #IoT
