Much of this is translated from the Chinese data sheets. https://nurdspace.nl/ESP8266 [2] Range tests I performed on the ESP8266. ... For the Linux Arduino IDE – ESP8266 toolchain, ...

The cpu on the ESP8266 is a 32 bit risc running at 80 Mhz, the arduino is an 8 bit AVR running at something less, maybe 32 Mhz. Not only that, recent releases of the Arduino GUI support the ...