Raspberry pi pico vs esp32

The Raspberry Pi Foundation today introduced a new $4 microcontroller board, the Pico. It uses a brand new custom dual-core Arm M0+ processor, the RP2040.
To compare features with ESP32 board.
$4 ARM Microcontroller

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[Anticitizen]

Once the new Pico has a decent C/C++ toolchain, and not the horrible hacks currently used, it'll be more useful I think. Python is only arguably useful as a teaching aid. It's a step up from drag-n-drop programming for children.

[michaelbruns]

Underwhelmed is the feeling that I have, the ESP32 is several years old now, and still easily matches - and surpasses in many aspects this "new" development. Arduino IDE and many manyfold libraries are - and have been supported - for a long time. Maturity can not be over-stressed. Still looking toward what the Arduino developed RP2040 will be like.

[bonnome]

The esp32 doesn't have a usb stack. Major downside for when using it with Micropython.

The ESP32-s2 is a better alternative since it does support native usb and therefore circuitpython

[hvk]

things we require is given in just 2 minutes. thank you

[golanyoav]

I think that the big advantage of the pi is its community. History has always shown that not the best wins but the most popular (like CD vs minidisc, VHS vs beta etc) if raspberry pi will succeed in its buzz then it will be a success and next Gen will probably be better.

[ndgoh]

Difficult to understand why Raspberry launched this RP2040? It's in between an 328P and ESP32... Either you go for a low end or a higher end MCU depending on the need. And Pico have no price advantage at all as the China clones are all very good... Anybody any idea?

[bayanicustodio]

Considering the price, power usage etc. I think it is just the right DIY solution for a few sensors that and do not require processing power but just read and send it on. To each their own but basic I/O it will do for me.

[markxr]

Oh cheezy music and comic sans captions which aren't even particularly correct. I don't like this.

[m.luthfi.alhadi]

we all known that esp32 is the winner
the most important aspect especially for me as a student is the "price"
esp32 is cheaper here than the raspberry pico 😂

[dorinxtg]

You're missing the point, IMHO...
The Pico was specifically designed for people who might know Python a bit but never touched an MC, that's why it's very cheap and it has a great documentation for people who never used a breadboard, for example.
As for the RPI chip itself - it DOES NOT tries to compete directly against the ESP32. The Pi foundation designed the chip to be somewhere in the middle and they offered the chip to third parties to integrate it on their product, and it looks like there is a huge demand for it.
RPI will not kick or "kill" ESP32, there are many places that ESP32 will do a better job compared to RPI and there are places where a RPI might fit better.

[Dyas]

Finally someone made an appropriate comparison.
Not with 20 years old 8-bit MCU.

[HikaruTheCoder]

Thanks a lot!!! Great video, simple, quick and clear

[vladimirpotapov]

Thank you! Compare please RPi with one of the Teensy

[lovemadeinjapan]

Both sub par boards. ATSAMD51, Teensy 4 and NRF52840 FTW.

[siluxcastaneda]

Thanks for the comparition, but i think is quite unfair, since ESP32 is a heavy application-oriented MCU. The RPi Pico shines if you compare it against general porpouse MCU (which in my opinion is the market planned for this board) like arduino, stm32 or PIC.

[jmpck]

Good video, but You forget most important: price, power (watts), weight...

[shax-lf]

Pi pico million dollar stuff up. Esp32 has WiFi and Bluetooth. The End.

[beforth]

just wait for the next generation of risc-v mcus...

[inspiredtiny]

The Rpi Pico will still overtake other MCU boards including ESP32.. The Pico is just the first version, just testing the water for Rpi Foundation.. All the features enumerated can be implemented in future iterations.. what makers/enthusiast/learners badly needed are documentations which Rpi is best plus the low price.. ESPs documentation is messy... STMs are fragmented and pricey..

[rungeon]

So you're comparing a board that is half the price (at worst) and 3-4 times cheaper (around best) ... lol that's like comparing a sports car to a family car, it's not really fair.
Though the resources for the Pi pico and people using it is already more than ESP32 and as a result there is a tonne of tutorials and adoption which makes it more useable for me.
It's like Raspberry pi had lots of competitors that were techincally better performing machines... but didn't touch raspi because of the adoption.