The initial Palms were quick even with a very basic processor. But then the Palm OS got bigger and Palms slower. Back in 2002, Palm devices finally came with faster CPUs and so we used the MedSync Benchmark
to test all the Palms we had in our office then. The results were as expected, except that the Tungsten W
was slower than the older i705 and m515. The Zire 71
was faster than the Tungsten T, probably due to the T's bulkier OS 5.2.1. Lower numbers are better, and the Tungsten C
was the winner at 5 seconds to run 2600 operations.
5 -- Palm Tungsten C
9 -- Sony NZ90
10 - Sony NX70V
12 - Palm Zire 71
14 - Palm Tungsten T
23 - Sony CLIE SJ33
39 - Palm m515
39 - Palm i705
43 - Palm Tungsten W
46 - HS Treo 90
61 - Palm Vx
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