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Arduino Nano R4 vs Seeed Studio Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3

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

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ArduinoArduino Nano R4ABX00142

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Seeed StudioSeeed Studio Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3XIAO ESP32C3

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Specifications

14 specifications compared side by side.

Arduino Nano R4 / Seeed Studio Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3
Compare bySpecification	AArduinoArduino Nano R4	BSeeed StudioSeeed Studio Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3
Electrical1
Logic voltageUse-dependent	5 V	3.3 V
Control & communication13
Board kind	Main controller	Main controller
Board architectureUse-dependent	Standalone board	Microcontroller board
Primary applicationUse-dependent	embedded_control;industrial_automation;robotics	robotics;embedded_control
Processor vendorUse-dependent	Renesas	Espressif
ProcessorUse-dependent	RA4M1	ESP32-C3
Processor architectureUse-dependent	Arm Cortex-M4	RISC-V
Processor cores	1	1
Processor clock	48 MHz	160 MHz112 MHz higher
SDK available	Yes	Yes
Firmware updatable	Yes	Yes
Communication interfacesUse-dependent	CAN (external transceiver required);I2C;USB-C	Wi-Fi;Bluetooth LE;Bluetooth Mesh;GPIO
Compute board kind	microcontroller	microcontroller
MicrocontrollerUse-dependent	RA4M1	ESP32-C3

AArduinoArduino Nano R4

BSeeed StudioSeeed Studio Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3

Electrical1

Logic voltageUse-dependent

Part A5 V

Part B3.3 V

Control & communication13

Board kind

Part AMain controller

Part BMain controller

Board architectureUse-dependent

Part AStandalone board

Part BMicrocontroller board

Primary applicationUse-dependent

Part Aembedded_control;industrial_automation;robotics

Part Brobotics;embedded_control

Processor vendorUse-dependent

Part ARenesas

Part BEspressif

ProcessorUse-dependent

Part ARA4M1

Part BESP32-C3

Processor architectureUse-dependent

Part AArm Cortex-M4

Part BRISC-V

Processor cores

Part A1

Part B1

Processor clock

Part A48 MHz

Part B160 MHz112 MHz higher

SDK available

Part AYes

Part BYes

Firmware updatable

Part AYes

Part BYes

Communication interfacesUse-dependent

Part ACAN (external transceiver required);I2C;USB-C

Part BWi-Fi;Bluetooth LE;Bluetooth Mesh;GPIO

Compute board kind

Part Amicrocontroller

Part Bmicrocontroller

MicrocontrollerUse-dependent

Part ARA4M1

Part BESP32-C3

Product sources

Product sources used by this comparison

Arduino Nano R4Open source ↗

Seeed Studio Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3Open source ↗