Re: SPB Benchmarks

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From: Billy (nobody_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/01/04 

Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 12:59:06 GMT

Comments below.

"El Senor" <none@nowhere.nohow.com> wrote in message
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> "Billy" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > How accurate are the SPB bencmarks?
> > http://www.softspb.com/products/benchmark/compare.asp I created a
> report
> > for several devices, and the results were, um, questionable. A
> Toshiba
> > e310, with a 206 MHz processor, has a higher platform index (813)
> than the
> > 400 MHz e740 (801). And the 400 MHz Dell Axim X5 has a platform
> index of
> > 752.
>
> You have to compare the individual benchmark results, not the final
> overall number, which is meaningless. The e310, for example, scores
> about 1/2 of the e740 on the three CPU benchmarks. On the other hand,
> the e310 scores a bit better on the benchmarks related to file
> listing, copying, and creating, indicating it is better optimized for
> file I/O.

I didn't compare just final overall numbers. I referrd to individual
graphics results, too. I realize that those numbers may not be reliable for
comparison between manufactures. But I would think think that each new
model from a particular manufacturer would have a better score than previous
models.

>
> > The 266 MHz iPAQ 1940 scores a 427 on the GAPI graphic test, and the
> > 400 MHz iPAQ 2215 scores a 60. If the 1940 is really that fast, I
> want one.
> > This doesn't make sense.
>
> The h19xx series scores unusually high on graphics benchmarks. So far
> no one has been able to explain the reasons why. Unfortunately, there
> doesn't seem to be very much interest in benchmarks of PocketPCs.

Hmmm. Wonder why there's not much interest. I'm interested because I don't
want to, if I can help it, have my PDA become obsolete within a year after
purchase. OK, I accept that, for whatever reason, it seems that the 19xx
series screams on graphics. Sounds good to me. The 194x just moved to the
top of my list.

Thanks for the info.

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