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Testing has now concluded. Thanks to eveyrone for your help! Here are the results.

Comparing all four tests to the stock Pre:
• Droid X: 6.8x • iPhone: 6x • EVO: 4.4x • Epic: 7.7x • Torch: 7.2x as fast as the stock Pre.

Comparing all four tests to the 1 GHz Overclocked Pre:
• Droid X: 4x • iPhone: 3.5x • EVO: 2.5x • Epic: 4.5x • Torch: 4.1x as fast as the 1 GHz Pre.

Other notes
• The 2009 BlackBerry Storm and Bold at ~600 MHz are nearly twice as fast as a 1GHz Pre.
• These apps do not truly close on any of these phones as evidenced by the faster re-open times.
• Other phones tested were 1.8 to 4.2 times the speed of the Palm Pre overclocked to 1 GHz.

The initial opening speeds compared to the stock Pre:
• Droid X: 6.9x • iPhone: 3.9x • EVO: 2.9x • Epic: 5.2x • Torch: 6.3x as fast as the stock Pre.

The initial opening speeds compared to the 1 GHz Overclocked Pre:
• Droid X: 4.1x • iPhone: 2.4x • EVO: 1.7x • Epic: 3.1x • Torch: 3.8x as fast as the 1 GHz Pre.

Test Results
Code: 
Open FB	Re-open	Open GM	Re-open	Average	Phone	Speed	Reboot	ID
3	2	2	1	2.0	Bold	624	N	GoldBerryRocker
2.03	2.08	3.74	2.84	2.7	Storm	528	N	vistate1
2.17	0.62	2.13	0.74	1.4	Torch	624	N	Altarocks
0.84	0.76	1.26	1.18	1.0	Torch	624	N	IchigoMochi
1.76	1.56	2.45	2.39	2.0	Torch	624	N	LuvMyBB
1	0.5	3	0.5	1.3	Epic	1000	N	estabancam
1	0.5	3.5	0.5	1.4	Epic	1000	N	ericdives
1.5	1.5	2	0.5	1.4	Epic	1000	N	JonOvalie
1	0.5	3	0.5	1.3	Epic	1000	Y	estabancam
1.5	0.5	4	1	1.8	Epic	1000	N	43
1	0.5	3.2	0.5	1.3	Epic	1200	N	zetterwing
4	0.5	5	0.5	2.5	Epic	1200	N	sacwoo
1.5	1.5	2	1.5	1.6	Droid X	1000	Y	Kupe
1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	Droid X	1000	N	dvader
4	1	5	2	3.0	HTC EVO	1000	N	milo
4	1	4	1	2.5	HTC EVO	1000	Y	milo
3	1	5	1	2.5	HTC EVO	1000	N	Mdorty
3	1	3	1	2.0	HTC EVO	1000	N	Stokes
4	0.5	4	1	2.4	HTC EVO	1000	N	Jerzyiroc 
5	1.5	5	0.5	3.0	HTC EVO	1000	N	Brain Mantis
3	1	2	0.5	1.6	HTC EVO	1000	Y	Brain Mantis
2	0.5	2	1	1.4	HTC EVO	1200	N	Jerzyiroc 
2	0.5	2.5	0.5	1.4	iPhone4	800	N	finngirl
2	0.5	2	0.5	1.3	iPhone4	800	Y	finngirl
2	0.5	2	0.5	1.3	iPhone4	800	N	Roo Zilla
5	1	3	1	2.5	iPhone4	800	N	nappy
5	1	3	1	2.5	iPhone4	800	Y	nappy
14	7	12	17	12.5	Pixi	500	N	mattflick819
11	11	17	10	12.3	Pixi	500	N	nitu
11	10	22	16	14.8	Pixi	500	N	IcerC
6	5	110	45	41.5	Pixi	600	N	Delight33
10	10	23	9	13.0	Pixi+	500	N	conozo
13	12	11	11	11.8	Pre	500	N	milo
12	12	12	11	11.8	Pre	500	N	45
12	11	12	11	11.5	Pre	500	Y	45
12	12	10	10	11.0	Pre	500	Y	milo
10	11	12	7	10.0	Pre	500	N	cowgirlupkelly
8	6	10	8	8.0	Pre	500	Y	Garrett
6	4	8	5	5.8	Pre	800	Y	Garrett
10	5	21	13	12.3	Pre	800	N	Mike5
6	9	22	14	12.8	Pre	800	N	igobytony
8	6	10	8	8.0	Pre	1000	N	Rush
2	2	7	6	4.3	Pre	1000	N	NickDG
5	5	10	8	7.0	Pre	1000	Y	12
4	4	6	5	4.8	Pre	1000	N	noahisaac
4	5	15	10	8.5	Pre	1000	N	ChanceNC
4	4	6	5	4.8	Pre	1000	Y	ChanceNC
6	5	11	10	8.0	Pre	1000	N	Mike5
6	5	10	9	7.5	Pre	1000	N	45
3	3	6	5	4.3	Pre	1000	N	grizzley addams
4	3	7	5	4.8	Pre	1000	Y	Garrett
5	3.5	5	5	4.6	Pre	1200	N	2sslow
9	6	9	7	7.8	Pre +	500	N	HIYinOR
10	4	10	4	7.0	Pre +	800	N	Cantaffordit
7	6	6	5	6.0	Pre +	800	N	smmullen
6	5	5	4	5.0	Pre +	1000	N	HIYinOR
1.6	1.0	1.9	1.4	1.5	Torch	average		
1.2	0.7	3.1	0.6	1.4	Epic	average		
1.5	1.5	1.8	1.5	1.6	Droid X	average		
3.2	0.7	2.5	0.7	1.8	iPhone4	average		
3.7	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.4	HTC EVO	average		
12.0	9.3	17.0	14.3	13.2	Pixi	average		
11.2	10.7	11.2	9.7	10.7	500 Pre	average
7.5	5.5	12.0	7.5	8.1	800 Pre	average
4.6	4.2	8.8	7.1	6.2	1G Pre	average
FB = Facebook, GM = Google Maps. A result of 2-3, was entered as a 2.5. "Instant" was entered as 0.5 seconds.


The original opening post is below...

How fast is your phone?

I will post this in several different forums so that we can get results for different phones.

Would you please do this Real World test and post your results? If you have multiple phones, please test each phone while connected with WiFi. Times are from when you tap the icon until the app fully opens and is usable.

Real World Speed Test:
1. With no apps running, time how long it takes to open your Facebook app.
2. Close Facebook and time how long it takes to re-open Facebook.
3. Close Facebook and time how long it takes to open Google Maps.
4. Close Google Maps and time how long it takes to reopen Google Maps.

Please cut and paste this Report Score Sheet in your reply:

Real World Speed Test
1. Time to open Facebook:
2. Time to re-open Facebook:
3. Time to open Google Maps:
4. Time to re-open Google Maps:
5. Phone make and model:
6. If Overclocked, Speed:

If you would like to see the effects of rebooting, do the test then reboot your phone and repeat the test.

Basis for the test:
3G or 4G connection speeds vary by location. WiFi should be similar for everyone. Linpack, Quadrant, and others test the CPU only or the graphics system only. This is a real life test of actually opening two very popular apps available on almost every phone. Time to open email, messages, etc. vary with the number of entries and so are not used.

Thanks!

- Craig

Test threads: Palm Pre • Palm Pixi • HTC EVO • Droid X • Epic • BlackBerry
 
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Before a reboot...

Real World Speed Test
1. Time to open Facebook: 4 seconds
2. Time to re-open Facebook: 1 seconds
3. Time to open Google Maps: 5 seconds
4. Time to re-open Google Maps: 2 seconds
5. Phone make and model: HTC EVO
6. If Overclocked, Speed: Stock

After a reboot...

Real World Speed Test
1. Time to open Facebook: 4 seconds
2. Time to re-open Facebook: 1 seconds
3. Time to open Google Maps: 4 seconds
4. Time to re-open Google Maps: 1 seconds
5. Phone make and model: HTC EVO
6. If Overclocked, Speed: Stock
 
Real World Speed Test
1. Time to open Facebook: 3 seconds
2. Time to re-open Facebook: 1 second
3. Time to open Google Maps: 5 seconds
4. Time to re-open Google Maps: 1 second
5. Phone make and model: HTC Evo 4g
6. If Overclocked, Speed: Not overclocked, but I am rooted (see sig for rom/kernel. EDIT: I have SetCPU uninstalled, I only used it for benchmarks in my sig)


japclev said:
Doesn't benchmark tests take care of this?
Click to expand...

*Don't
 
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japclev said:
Doesn't benchmark tests take care of this?
Click to expand...
Linpack, Quadrant, etc. tell use the theoretical speed of a processor. What I am looking for is how fast a typical app like Facebook or Google Maps will come up for a typical user soccer mom or dad.

They close it and then 90 seconds later think of something and re-open it.

They do not know how to close a process or what a process even is. They just open and close things as they need them.

And the EVO tests are showing that it is smoking fast.
 
milominderbinder said:
Linpack, Quadrant, etc. tell use the theoretical speed of a processor. What I am looking for is how fast a typical app like Facebook or Google Maps will come up for a typical user soccer mom or dad.

They close it and then 90 seconds later think of something and re-open it.

They do not know how to close a process or what a process even is. They just open and close things as they need them.

And the EVO tests are showing that it is smoking fast.
Click to expand...

I think he was just being an ***. I saw a few other threads he replied in, same smart *** replies that don't help the thread whatsoever.

But in addition to what you said, benchmarks aren't the end all be all. I was super stoked when I saw the quadrant scores on cm6 with the snap 7.6 turbo kernel. Tried it myself, got ~2500 quad scores, but as far as normal operation (opening facebook, google maps, pretty much YOUR test), it was slower than the kernel I'm using now. Benchmarks look cool, but don't always mean everything.
 
Real World Speed Test
1. Time to open Facebook: 4 seconds
2. Time to re-open Facebook: 1 second (almost instant)
3. Time to open Google Maps: 4 seconds
4. Time to re-open Google Maps: 1 second
5. Phone make and model: htc Evo
6. If Overclocked, Speed: not o/c'd but running a custom kernel and custom rom

Real World Speed Test
1. Time to open Facebook: 2 seconds
2. Time to re-open Facebook: 1 second (almost instant)
3. Time to open Google Maps: 2 seconds
4. Time to re-open Google Maps: 1 second (almost instant)
5. Phone make and model: htc Evo
6. If Overclocked, Speed: 1190 using Kings BFS#8
 
1. Time to open Facebook: 3 Seconds
2. Time to re-open Facebook: 1 Second
3. Time to open Google Maps: 3 Seconds
4. Time to re-open Google Maps: 1 Second
5. Phone make and model: HTC Evo
6. If Overclocked, Speed: Stock
 
Thank you to everyone for your help!

We have gotten 49 responses with 4 tests each covering 16 different phones/speeds.

The initial opening speeds compared to the stock Pre:
• Droid X: 6.9x • iPhone: 3.9x • EVO: 2.9x • Epic: 5.0x • Torch: 6.3x as fast as the stock Pre.

The initial opening speeds compared to the 1 GHz Overclocked Pre:
• Droid X: 4.2x • iPhone: 2.4x • EVO: 1.8x • Epic: 3.1x • Torch: 3.9x as fast as the 1 GHz Pre.

Comparing all four tests to the stock Pre:
• Droid X: 6.9x • iPhone: 6.1x • EVO: 4.4x • Epic: 7.6x • Torch: 7.3x as fast as the stock Pre.

Comparing all four tests to the 1 GHz Overclocked Pre:
• Droid X: 4.1x • iPhone: 3.6x • EVO: 2.6x • Epic: 4.5x • Torch: 4.3x as fast as the 1 GHz Pre.

Other notes
• The 2009 BlackBerry Storm and Bold at ~600 MHz are nearly twice as fast as a 1GHz Pre.
• These apps do not truly close on any of these phones as evidenced by the faster re-open times.
• Other phones tested were 1.8 to 4.2 times the speed of the Palm Pre overclocked to 1 GHz.

Test Detail Report
Code: 
Open FB    Re-open    Open GM    Re-open    Average    Phone    Speed    Reboot    ID
3    2    2    1    2.0    Bold    624    N    GoldBerryRocker
2.03    2.08    3.74    2.84    2.7    Storm    528    N    vistate1
2.17    0.62    2.13    0.74    1.4    Torch    624    N    Altarocks
0.84    0.76    1.26    1.18    1.0    Torch    624    N    IchigoMochi
1.76    1.56    2.45    2.39    2.0    Torch    624    N    LuvMyBB
1    0.5    3    0.5    1.3    Epic    1000    N    estabancam
1.5    0.5    4    1    1.8    Epic    1000    N    43
1    0.5    3    0.5    1.3    Epic    1000    Y    estabancam
1.5    1.5    2    1.5    1.6    Droid X    1000    Y    Kupe
1.5    1.5    1.5    1.5    1.5    Droid X    1000    N    dvader
4    1    5    2    3.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    milo
4    1    4    1    2.5    HTC EVO    1000    Y    milo
3    1    5    1    2.5    HTC EVO    1000    N    Mdorty
3    1    3    1    2.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    Stokes
4    0.5    4    1    2.4    HTC EVO    1000    N    Jerzyiroc 
5    1.5    5    0.5    3.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    Brain Mantis
3    1    2    0.5    1.6    HTC EVO    1000    Y    Brain Mantis
2    0.5    2    1    1.4    HTC EVO    1200    N    Jerzyiroc 
2    0.5    2.5    0.5    1.4    iPhone4    800    N    finngirl
2    0.5    2    0.5    1.3    iPhone4    800    Y    finngirl
2    0.5    2    0.5    1.3    iPhone4    800    N    Roo Zilla
5    1    3    1    2.5    iPhone4    800    N    nappy
5    1    3    1    2.5    iPhone4    800    Y    nappy
14    7    12    17    12.5    Pixi    600    N    mattflick819
11    10    22    16    14.8    Pixi    600    N    IcerC
11    11    17    10    12.3    Pixi    600    N    nitu
13    12    11    11    11.8    Pre    500    N    milo
12    12    12    11    11.8    Pre    500    N    45
12    11    12    11    11.5    Pre    500    Y    45
12    12    10    10    11.0    Pre    500    Y    milo
8    6    10    8    8.0    Pre    500    Y    Garrett
6    4    8    5    5.8    Pre    800    Y    Garrett
10    5    21    13    12.3    Pre    800    N    Mike5
6    9    22    14    12.8    Pre    800    N    igobytony
8    6    10    8    8.0    Pre    1000    N    Rush
2    2    7    6    4.3    Pre    1000    N    NickDG
5    5    10    8    7.0    Pre    1000    Y    12
4    5    15    10    8.5    Pre    1000    N    ChanceNC
4    4    6    5    4.8    Pre    1000    Y    ChanceNC
6    5    11    10    8.0    Pre    1000    N    Mike5
6    5    10    9    7.5    Pre    1000    N    45
3    3    6    5    4.3    Pre    1000    N    grizzley addams
4    3    7    5    4.8    Pre    1000    Y    Garrett
5    3.5    5    5    4.6    Pre    1200    N    2sslow
9    6    9    7    7.8    Pre +    500    N    HIYinOR
10    4    10    4    7.0    Pre +    800    N    Cantaffordit
7    6    6    5    6.0    Pre +    800    N    smmullen
6    5    5    4    5.0    Pre +    1000    N    HIYinOR
1.6    1.0    1.9    1.4    1.5    Torch    average        
1.2    0.5    3.3    0.7    1.4    Epic    average        
1.5    1.5    1.8    1.5    1.6    Droid X    average        
3.2    0.7    2.5    0.7    1.8    iPhone4    average        
3.7    1.0    4.0    1.0    2.4    HTC EVO    average        
12.0    9.3    17.0    14.3    13.2    Pixi    average        
11.4    10.6    11.0    10.2    10.8    500 Pre    average        
7.5    5.5    12.0    7.5    8.1    800 Pre    average        
4.7    4.2    9.1    7.3    6.3    1G Pre    average

FB = Facebook, GM = Google Maps. A result of 2-3, was entered as a 2.5. "Instant" was entered as 0.5 seconds. Three users replied via PM and asked to not be identified.
 
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Mdorty said:
I think he was just being an ***. I saw a few other threads he replied in, same smart *** replies that don't help the thread whatsoever.

But in addition to what you said, benchmarks aren't the end all be all. I was super stoked when I saw the quadrant scores on cm6 with the snap 7.6 turbo kernel. Tried it myself, got ~2500 quad scores, but as far as normal operation (opening facebook, google maps, pretty much YOUR test), it was slower than the kernel I'm using now. Benchmarks look cool, but don't always mean everything.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the endorsement! Dbag.
 
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Thank you everyone for your help!

Here are the final results:
Code: 
Open FB    Re-open    Open GM    Re-open    Average    Phone    Speed    Reboot    ID
3    2    2    1    2.0    Bold    624    N    GoldBerryRocker
2.03    2.08    3.74    2.84    2.7    Storm    528    N    vistate1
2.17    0.62    2.13    0.74    1.4    Torch    624    N    Altarocks
0.84    0.76    1.26    1.18    1.0    Torch    624    N    IchigoMochi
1.76    1.56    2.45    2.39    2.0    Torch    624    N    LuvMyBB
1    0.5    3    0.5    1.3    Epic    1000    N    estabancam
1    0.5    3.5    0.5    1.4    Epic    1000    N    ericdives
1.5    1.5    2    0.5    1.4    Epic    1000    N    JonOvalie
1    0.5    3    0.5    1.3    Epic    1000    Y    estabancam
1.5    0.5    4    1    1.8    Epic    1000    N    43
1    0.5    3.2    0.5    1.3    Epic    1200    N    zetterwing
4    0.5    5    0.5    2.5    Epic    1200    N    sacwoo
1.5    1.5    2    1.5    1.6    Droid X    1000    Y    Kupe
1.5    1.5    1.5    1.5    1.5    Droid X    1000    N    dvader
4    1    5    2    3.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    milo
4    1    4    1    2.5    HTC EVO    1000    Y    milo
3    1    5    1    2.5    HTC EVO    1000    N    Mdorty
3    1    3    1    2.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    Stokes
4    0.5    4    1    2.4    HTC EVO    1000    N    Jerzyiroc 
5    1.5    5    0.5    3.0    HTC EVO    1000    N    Brain Mantis
3    1    2    0.5    1.6    HTC EVO    1000    Y    Brain Mantis
2    0.5    2    1    1.4    HTC EVO    1200    N    Jerzyiroc 
2    0.5    2.5    0.5    1.4    iPhone4    800    N    finngirl
2    0.5    2    0.5    1.3    iPhone4    800    Y    finngirl
2    0.5    2    0.5    1.3    iPhone4    800    N    Roo Zilla
5    1    3    1    2.5    iPhone4    800    N    nappy
5    1    3    1    2.5    iPhone4    800    Y    nappy
14    7    12    17    12.5    Pixi    500    N    mattflick819
11    11    17    10    12.3    Pixi    500    N    nitu
11    10    22    16    14.8    Pixi    500    N    IcerC
6    5    110    45    41.5    Pixi    600    N    Delight33
10    10    23    9    13.0    Pixi+    500    N    conozo
13    12    11    11    11.8    Pre    500    N    milo
12    12    12    11    11.8    Pre    500    N    45
12    11    12    11    11.5    Pre    500    Y    45
12    12    10    10    11.0    Pre    500    Y    milo
10    11    12    7    10.0    Pre    500    N    cowgirlupkelly
8    6    10    8    8.0    Pre    500    Y    Garrett
6    4    8    5    5.8    Pre    800    Y    Garrett
10    5    21    13    12.3    Pre    800    N    Mike5
6    9    22    14    12.8    Pre    800    N    igobytony
8    6    10    8    8.0    Pre    1000    N    Rush
2    2    7    6    4.3    Pre    1000    N    NickDG
5    5    10    8    7.0    Pre    1000    Y    12
4    4    6    5    4.8    Pre    1000    N    noahisaac
4    5    15    10    8.5    Pre    1000    N    ChanceNC
4    4    6    5    4.8    Pre    1000    Y    ChanceNC
6    5    11    10    8.0    Pre    1000    N    Mike5
6    5    10    9    7.5    Pre    1000    N    45
3    3    6    5    4.3    Pre    1000    N    grizzley addams
4    3    7    5    4.8    Pre    1000    Y    Garrett
5    3.5    5    5    4.6    Pre    1200    N    2sslow
9    6    9    7    7.8    Pre +    500    N    HIYinOR
10    4    10    4    7.0    Pre +    800    N    Cantaffordit
7    6    6    5    6.0    Pre +    800    N    smmullen
6    5    5    4    5.0    Pre +    1000    N    HIYinOR
1.6    1.0    1.9    1.4    1.5    Torch    average        
1.2    0.7    3.1    0.6    1.4    Epic    average        
1.5    1.5    1.8    1.5    1.6    Droid X    average        
3.2    0.7    2.5    0.7    1.8    iPhone4    average        
3.7    1.0    4.0    1.0    2.4    HTC EVO    average        
12.0    9.3    17.0    14.3    13.2    Pixi    average        
11.2    10.7    11.2    9.7    10.7    500 Pre    average
7.5    5.5    12.0    7.5    8.1    800 Pre    average
4.6    4.2    8.8    7.1    6.2    1G Pre    average
FB = Facebook, GM = Google Maps. A result of 2-3, was entered as a 2.5. "Instant" was entered as 0.5 seconds.

The initial opening speeds compared to the stock Pre:
• Droid X: 6.9x • iPhone: 3.9x • EVO: 2.9x • Epic: 5.2x • Torch: 6.3x as fast as the stock Pre.

The initial opening speeds compared to the 1 GHz Overclocked Pre:
• Droid X: 4.1 x • iPhone: 2.4 x • EVO: 1.7 x • Epic: 3.1 x • Torch: 3.8 x as fast as the 1 GHz Pre.

Comparing all four tests to the stock Pre:
• Droid X: 6.8 x • iPhone: 6 x • EVO: 4.4 x • Epic: 7.7 x • Torch: 7.2 x as fast as the stock Pre.

Comparing all four tests to the 1 GHz Overclocked Pre:
• Droid X: 4 x • iPhone: 3.5 x • EVO: 2.5 x • Epic: 4.5 x • Torch: 4.1 x as fast as the 1 GHz Pre.

Other notes
• The 2009 BlackBerry Storm and Bold at ~600 MHz are nearly twice as fast as a 1GHz Pre.
• These apps do not truly close on any of these phones as evidenced by the faster re-open times.
• Other phones tested were 1.8 to 4.2 times the speed of the Palm Pre overclocked to 1 GHz.
 
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