Part comparison

Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect vs M5Stack M5Stack CoreS3

A side-by-side comparison of source-backed specifications within the same subcategory.

19 shared specs5 scored

Start over

ArduinoArduino Nano RP2040 ConnectABX00052

View details

M5StackM5Stack M5Stack CoreS3K128

View details

Directional spec summary

Counts across 5 numeric specifications with a clear higher-or-lower direction.

Part A leads

Tied

Part B leads

These are metric-by-metric differences, not an overall performance score. Check the values below.

Specifications

19 specifications compared side by side.

Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect / M5Stack M5Stack CoreS3
Compare bySpecification	AArduinoArduino Nano RP2040 Connect	BM5StackM5Stack M5Stack CoreS3
Electrical2
Minimum input voltageUse-dependent	5 V	9 V
Maximum input voltageUse-dependent	18 V	24 V
Control & communication17
Board kind	Main controller	Main controller
Board architecture	Microcontroller board	Microcontroller board
Primary applicationUse-dependent	education;robotics;embedded_control	robotics;embedded_control
Processor vendorUse-dependent	Raspberry Pi;u-blox	Espressif
ProcessorUse-dependent	RP2040;NINA-W102	ESP32-S3
Processor architectureUse-dependent	ARM Cortex-M0+	Xtensa LX7
Processor cores	2	2
Processor clock	133 MHz	240 MHz107 MHz higher
RAM	0.2578 MB	8 MB7.7422 MB higher
Flash	16 MB	16 MB
Storage typeUse-dependent	off-chip_flash	flash;PSRAM
USB interfaces	1	1
Wireless interfacesUse-dependent	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n;Bluetooth;Bluetooth LE 4.2	Wi-Fi
Communication interfacesUse-dependent	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n;Bluetooth;Bluetooth LE 4.2;USB;GPIO	Wi-Fi;USB-C OTG;USB CDC;microSD;GPIO
Compute board kind	microcontroller	microcontroller
MicrocontrollerUse-dependent	RP2040	ESP32-S3
Onboard IMU	Yes	Yes

AArduinoArduino Nano RP2040 Connect

BM5StackM5Stack M5Stack CoreS3

Electrical2

Minimum input voltageUse-dependent

Part A5 V

Part B9 V

Maximum input voltageUse-dependent

Part A18 V

Part B24 V

Control & communication17

Board kind

Part AMain controller

Part BMain controller

Board architecture

Part AMicrocontroller board

Part BMicrocontroller board

Primary applicationUse-dependent

Part Aeducation;robotics;embedded_control

Part Brobotics;embedded_control

Processor vendorUse-dependent

Part ARaspberry Pi;u-blox

Part BEspressif

ProcessorUse-dependent

Part ARP2040;NINA-W102

Part BESP32-S3

Processor architectureUse-dependent

Part AARM Cortex-M0+

Part BXtensa LX7

Processor cores

Part A2

Part B2

Processor clock

Part A133 MHz

Part B240 MHz107 MHz higher

RAM

Part A0.2578 MB

Part B8 MB7.7422 MB higher

Flash

Part A16 MB

Part B16 MB

Storage typeUse-dependent

Part Aoff-chip_flash

Part Bflash;PSRAM

USB interfaces

Part A1

Part B1

Wireless interfacesUse-dependent

Part AWi-Fi 802.11b/g/n;Bluetooth;Bluetooth LE 4.2

Part BWi-Fi

Communication interfacesUse-dependent

Part AWi-Fi 802.11b/g/n;Bluetooth;Bluetooth LE 4.2;USB;GPIO

Part BWi-Fi;USB-C OTG;USB CDC;microSD;GPIO

Compute board kind

Part Amicrocontroller

Part Bmicrocontroller

MicrocontrollerUse-dependent

Part ARP2040

Part BESP32-S3

Onboard IMU

Part AYes

Part BYes

Product sources

Product sources used by this comparison

Arduino Nano RP2040 ConnectOpen source ↗

M5Stack M5Stack CoreS3Open source ↗