Here are some benchmark results for various SD card brands which were acquired with the new benchmark option of the CHDK. Maybe also see BenchmarkVideo60Sec.
Take them with a grain of salt: The first benchmark round sometimes shows too low numbers and there are some unknown variables (Which firmware version of the cam was used? How full/fragmented was the card? FAT16 or FAT32? Was the card original or fake?)
→ Always run the benchmark at least 2 times, add your results from the 2nd run here, do not report the values from the 1st run !
Speed (Kb/s) | ||||||
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SD-card model, size | Write | Write | Write | Read | ||
(RAW) | (Mem) | (64k) | (64k) | |||
A530 | ||||||
Transcend, TS2GSDC, 45x, 2GB | 3343 | 4517 | 3132 | 5708 | ||
A-Data, speedy, 1GB | 2652 | 3103 | 2520 | 4790 | ||
Canon, MultiMediaCard, 16MB | 608 | 624 | 617 | 2189 | ||
A540 | ||||||
SanDisk Ultra II (FAT16: Low Level Format), 2GB | 8336 | 10240 | 6277 | 5936 | ||
A560 | ||||||
Qumo 100x (fat16), 2GB | 9003 | 8533 | 6001 | 6068 | ||
Transcend TS4GSDHC6, 4GB(fat16) | 10718 | 8904 | 6770 | 7413 | ||
A570 IS | ||||||
A-Data Turbo 150x (fat16), 2GB | 7266 | 5462 | 4430 | 6125 | ||
Kingston, 2GB | 5423 | 5319 | 3783 | 5851 | ||
Lexar Pro 133x (fat16), 4GB | 10718 | 10326 | 5872 | 6375 | ||
Lexar Pro 133x (freshly formatted in camera), 2GB | 10718 | 10413 | 7185 | 8151 | ||
SanDisk 1.0GB (fat16), 1 GB | 5905 | 5632 | 4370 | 5979 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III 1.0 GB (fat16) | 10929 | 10814 | 5560 | 6018 | ||
Toshiba MicroSD SD-C02G MIJ (fat16), 2GB | 5505 | 5585 | 5037 | 6062 | ||
Transcend, 1 GB | 3001 | 3200 | 3657 | 5979 | ||
Transcend, 2 GB | 3359 | 3134 | 3783 | 6527 | ||
ATP 256MB | 2663 | 2755 | 2244 | 4905 | ||
Kingston 512MB | 2285 | 2502 | 2278 | 6606 | ||
A590 IS | ||||||
Sandisk Extreme III (fat16), 2GB | 11098 | 10971 | 7515 | 9153 | ||
Sandisk Ultra II (fat16), 4GB | 10265 | 8416 | 6379 | 8904 | ||
Kingston SDHC Class6 (fat16), 4GB | 7895 | 7589 | 5088 | 9002 | ||
SanDisk Class 2 (fat16), 2GB | 4279 | 4222 | 3515 | 9051 | ||
PQI SDHC Class 6 (fat16), 4GB | 7768 | 6788 | 5425 | 8274 | ||
Patriot SDHC Class 6 (fat16), 4GB | 7890 | 6864 | 5789 | 8489 | ||
A610 | ||||||
Canon, 16MB :) | 1588 | 1602 | 1502 | 3319 | ||
Kingston, 1GB (FAT16, Fw:E) | 3546 | 4636 | 3091 | 5830 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:E) | 6617 | 8302 | 6687 | 8233 | ||
Transcend 150x, 4GB | 6419 | 9035 | 4905 | 6068 | ||
A620 | ||||||
starex 1gb | 4138 | 4002 | 3280 | 6450 | ||
Corsair 133x 2GB | 9281 | 8969 | 4890 | 6045 | ||
A-DATA, MyFlash Turbo 150x 2GB | 8914 | 8246 | 4804 | 6136 | ||
Kingston, 256MB | 7033 | 7021 | 4106 | 6206 | ||
ocz 150x, 1GB | 7829 | 7927 | 4392 | 5957 | ||
PENTAGRAM, HiSpeed PRO 1GB | 4640 | 5056 | 4369 | 5649 | ||
TwinMOS, Ultra-X 66x 1GB | 4349 | 3938 | 2941 | 6001 | ||
SanDisk Ultra-II 2.0GB | 9281 | 9309 | 4748 | 6113 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III 1GB | 9681 | 9239 | 5104 | 6090 | ||
Ultra Hi-SPEED 60X 2.0GB | 3297 | 2904 | 1985 | 5354 | ||
Transcend 150x 4gb | 10116 | 9750 | 4563 | 6182 | ||
A630 | ||||||
Apacer High Speed 150x, 2GB (FAT16) | 5999 | 8593 | 4641 | 5893 | ||
SanDisk MicroSD, 1GB (FAT16) | 4995 | 5144 | 4080 | 7621 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II, 2GB (FAT16) | 6945 | 9909 | 4721 | 6159 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II, 4GB (FAT32) | 7242 | 8774 | 4762 | 6277 | ||
Silicon Power 80x, 1GB (FAT16) | 4155 | 4915 | 2869 | 5789 | ||
TakeMS HyperSpeed 133x, 4GB (FAT16, Fresh format) | 6458 | 6942 | 4602 | 6606 | ||
TakeMS HyperSpeed 133x, 4GB (FAT32, Fresh format) | 4278 | 6144 | 5217 | 8233 | ||
A640 | ||||||
A-Data Turbo SD 150x, 2GB (FAT16) | 10033 | 9452 | 4563 | 6325 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III, 2GB (FAT16) | 10422 | 10052 | 7337 | 9544 | ||
Dane-Elec, 4GB (FAT16) | 5181 | 5228 | 3316 | 6113 | ||
Dane-Elec, 2GB | 2315 | 2349 | 2045 | 5957 | ||
Memory master, 2GB | 4435 | 3646 | 2968 | 5025 | ||
A650 IS | ||||||
Canon SDC-32M, 32MB | 1676 | 1692 | 1573 | 3350 | ||
Lexar, 1GB | 8877 | 8969 | 6375 | 6606 | ||
SanDisk, 2GB | 4301 | 4452 | 3456 | 7217 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III, 4GB FAT16 | 11145 | 10778 | 6253 | 8533 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II, 4GB FAT16 (15 MB/s ?) | 9543 | 8533 | 6159 | 9120 | ||
Transcend TS4GSDHC6, 4GB FAT16 | 8344 | 6788 | 5443 | 6942 | ||
Maxell SecureDigital, 2GB FAT16 | 8344 | 7680 | 7217 | 7249 | ||
A710 IS | ||||||
A-DATA microSD Trio, 2GB (Fresh format) | 4570 | 4169 | 3422 | 8127 | ||
A-DATA Speedy Duo, 2GB | 2060 | 2125 | 1936 | 6023 | ||
A-DATA Turbo 150x, 2GB (FAT16,Fresh format) | 4665 | 4954 | 4116 | 8274 | ||
Kingston Normal, 2GB (FAT16) | 3274 | 3900 | 2618 | 5770 | ||
Apacer Phot Series 2GB formatted | 3227 | 3067 | 2815 | 5168 | ||
ExtreMeMory "ALLROUND" 2GB formatted | 3740 | 3751 | 3465 | 5724 | ||
Kingston 50x, 1GB (FAT16, Fresh format) | 8038 | 7927 | 4464 | 5872 | ||
PQI Hi-Speed 150x, 2GB | 9003 | 8777 | 4721 | 5893 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III, 2GB (FAT 16) | 10231 | 9830 | 6579 | 7692 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III, 2GB | 10469 | 10240 | 4589 | 6090 | ||
Sandisk SDHC Class 2, 4GB (Fresh format) | 5771 | 5342 | 4277 | 8110 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II Plus, 2GB (Fresh format) | 9578 | 9037 | 4360 | 5769 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II, 2GB (Fresh format) | 9187 | 8533 | 5789 | 8031 | ||
SanDisk SDHC 100x Ultra II, 4GB (FAT16) | 10348 | 8777 | 4015 | 6253 | ||
Sycron 2GB full | 2671 | 2884 | 3283 | 6942 | ||
Transcend 80x, 1GB | 8493 | 8416 | 4416 | 5851 | ||
Transcend 150x, 2GB | 9378 | 9239 | 4790 | 5809 | ||
Transcend SDHC Class 6, 4GB | 9578 | 8840 | 5708 | 8192 | ||
Kingston elite pro 50X SD, 2Gb | 9786 | 9102 | 4949 | 5979 | ||
Kingston microSD, 512Mb | 4055 | 4055 | 2069 | 5093 | ||
Kingston miniSD, 512Mb | 6385 | 6501 | 5168 | 8192 | ||
Transcend 80X miniSD, 512Mb | 7502 | 7105 | 4116 | 5071 | ||
Sandisk, 256Mb | 1051 | 1059 | 1001 | 1548 | ||
Lexar Platinum II 60x, 1Gb (FAT16) | 8336 | 8084 | 4501 | 5497 | ||
Lexar Platinum II 60x, 1Gb (FAT32) | 7379 | 7680 | 4452 | 5535 | ||
Canon SDC-16M bundled | 1899 | 1884 | 1632 | 3460 | ||
A720 IS | ||||||
Canon, 16MB (bundled) | 2254 | 1859 | 1754 | 3508 | ||
A-DATA Speedy, 2GB (FAT16) | 3435 | 3164 | 2532 | 5572 | ||
Kingston, 2GB Ultimate | 10743 | 10326 | 7692 | 6742 | ||
Transcend, SD 4GB, Standard (FAT16 fresh format) | 4454 | 3980 | 3623 | 5930 | ||
Transcend, SD 2GB, 80x | 7585 | 7629 | 5505 | 6476 | ||
Transcend, microSD 2GB, Standard speed, MLC | 5944 | 5358 | 5468 | 9153 | ||
ByteStor, SD 1GB, 50x | 7905 | 8060 | 6132 | 7021 | ||
SanDisk, SD 1GB, Ultra II 60x | 8879 | 8840 | 5591 | 6606 | ||
SanDisk, SD 2GB, Ultra II 60x (fresh format) | 10743 | 9600 | 7123 | 8445 | ||
SanDisk, SDHC 4GB, Ultra II 60x (FAT16 fresh) | 10820 | 8718 | 5627 | 6715 | ||
Sandisk, SD 2GB, Extreme III 133x (fresh format) | 11058 | 10686 | 7594 | 8316 | ||
EMTEC, SD 2GB, 60x (FAT16 fresh) | 8486 | 8073 | 7407 | 8672 | ||
A1000 IS | ||||||
Kingston, 4GB Class 4 (FAT16 Fw:B) | 7810 | 7826 | 7123 | 9153 | ||
Patriot, 2GB 133x (FAT16 Fw:B Fresh) | 8765 | 7680 | 6301 | 9102 | ||
G7 (Digic III) | ||||||
Transcend 150x, 2GB | 18868 | 16384 | 9929 | 8316 | ||
Kingston, 2GB | 5643 | 5141 | 4116 | 6425 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:I, Fresh Format) | 20390 | 18070 | 8808 | 8031 | ||
SanDisk SD 2GB (FAT16) | 5267 | 4895 | 3585 | 6687 | ||
GoodRam SDHC 4GB (FAT32) | 5879 | 5742 | 4721 | 8316 | ||
pq1, SDHC 8GB ,Class 6, Fat 32 | 12155 | 13212 | 4735 | 6333 | ||
Silicon Power, 80x, 2GB | 6048 | 5535 | 3828 | 5688 | ||
S2 IS | ||||||
Apacer 60x 1GB (FAT16, Fw:E, fresh format) | 5394 | 8137 | 3996 | 5336 | ||
Corsair 133x 2GB (FAT16, Fw:E, fresh format) | 6113 | 9035 | 4464 | 5809 | ||
GOODRAM, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:G) | 3396 | 4151 | 2781 | 5010 | ||
GOODRAM 100x, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:G) | 5782 | 8593 | 3873 | 5728 | ||
Imation 120X (FAT16, Fw:F) | 1778 | 2118 | 2730 | 5872 | ||
Kingston 50x, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:I) | 5533 | 9452 | 3837 | 5669 | ||
Kingston 120x, 2GB (FAT16) | 2827 | 8084 | 2310 | 3456 | ||
Memory Master, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:E) | 3300 | 4680 | 2710 | 5800 | ||
Memory Master, 2GB (FAT32, Fw:E) | 3400 | 4950 | 3030 | 5890 | ||
S3+ (FAT16, Fw:F) | 5394 | 7927 | 3873 | 5830 | ||
SanDisk, 1GB (FAT16, Fw:E) | 4195 | 4082 | 2973 | 5914 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:E) | 6520 | 9640 | 4280 | 5730 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III, 2GB (FAT32, Fw:E) | 6080 | 9030 | 3430 | 7900 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II, 512MB (FAT16, Fw:F) | 5782 | 8593 | 4134 | 5669 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II, 2GB (FAT32, Fw:G) | 7185 | 9102 | 5217 | 7185 | ||
Toshiba 1GB (FAT16, Fw:E, fresh format) | 2228 | 2628 | 1934 | 4890 | ||
Transcend 80x, 1GB (FAT16, Fw:F) | 4279 | 6113 | 3413 | 5088 | ||
Transcend 80x, 1GB (FAT16, Fw:F, fresh format) | 5054 | 7492 | 3749 | 5957 | ||
Transcend 150x, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:F, fresh format) | 5782 | 9035 | 4116 | 6023 | ||
Transcend 150x, 4GB (FAT16, Fw:F) | 5835 | 8969 | 4392 | 5728 | ||
TwinMOS Ultra-X 150x, 2GB (FAT16, Fw:E) | 5835 | 9170 | 5443 | 7185 | ||
S3 IS | ||||||
A-Data SDHC 2.0, class 2, 4GB | 4327 | 4137 | 2936 | 5806 | ||
A-Data SDHC, class 6, Turbo, 4GB | 6783 | 6083 | 4073 | 5957 | ||
Corsair 133x, 2GB (FAT32 ) | 8964 | 8904 | 4790 | 5957 | ||
Dane-Elec 133x, 2GB (Fresh Format) | 10040 | 9830 | 4920 | 6277 | ||
Extrememory 100x, 2GB | 9183 | 9675 | 4890 | ???? | ||
Kingston 50x Elite Pro | 8460 | 8904 | 4576 | 5748 | ||
Kingston Micro-SD 1GB | 3691 | 3723 | 2844 | 5072 | ||
Kingston SD 2GB | 4302 | 4602 | 3011 | 5789 | ||
Lexar Professional Class 6 133x SDHC 4GB | 9531 | 9309 | 4876 | 6023 | ||
Panasonic 2GB Class 6 | 10175 | 9452 | 4905 | 6375 | ||
Peak Extreme 150x, 4GB (Fresh, FAT16) | 8556 | 8553 | 4035 | 6277 | ||
PQI Hi-Speed 60, 2GB | 3012 | 2811 | 2646 | 4905 | ||
SanDisk 1.0GB (no other markings) | 5340 | 4895 | 3420 | 5809 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II, 2GB | 9531 | 8969 | 4480 | 5748 | ||
SanDisk, 4GB (FAT16) - Fake? | 5837 | 4636 | 3343 | 5809 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III SDHC, 4GB | 9412 | 8593 | 6090 | 7992 | ||
TakeMS Micro-SD, 1GB | 3568 | 3925 | 2859 | 5789 | ||
Toshiba SD High-Speed, class 4, 2GB | 4858 | 4636 | 2995 | 5728 | ||
Transcend 80x, 2GB | 9296 | 9170 | 4334 | 6001 | ||
Transcend 150x, 1GB | 6491 | 6366 | 3790 | 5251 | ||
Transcend 150x, 2GB | 8964 | 8969 | 4694 | 5851 | ||
Transcend 150x, 4GB (FAT16) | 9412 | 9170 | 4776 | 5669 | ||
Transcend 150x, 4GB (FAT16) (Fresh Format) | 10175 | 9990 | 6687 | 7620 | ||
Transcend 150x, 4GB (FAT32) (Fresh Format) | 8097 | 8593 | 4667 | 5669 | ||
Transcend MicroSD Class6, 2GB (FAT16) | 7103 | 6501 | 3828 | 6045 | ||
Transcend MicroSDHC Class6, 4GB (FAT32) | 7037 | 6334 | 6633 | 7764 | ||
Transcend SDHC Class 6, 4GB | 7455 | 5879 | 3900 | ???? | ||
Transcend SDHC Class 6, 16GB | 9531 | 6366 | 4005 | 5979 | ||
Transcend SDHC Class 6, 16GB (multiboot) | 10040 | 7271 | 3392 | 6375 | ||
Platinum 2GB | 6001 | 3348 | 3723 | 6001 | ||
Lexar SD, 2GB (FAT16) | 7103 | 5936 | 2978 | 5979 | ||
S5 IS | ||||||
A-Data Speedy, 1GB | 3811 | 3357 | 3910 | 7281 | ||
Canon SDC-32M, 32MB | 1587 | 1587 | 1472 | 3463 | ||
Crucial, 4GB (FAT16) | 11608 | 10502 | 5120 | 6001 | ||
Lexar '60x' Premium 2gb | 11221 | 8192 | 5669 | 8761 | ||
PNY/Polaroid 1GB | 5905 | 5437 | 3783 | 6826 | ||
SandiskUltraIII 2GB(Formated in Camera) | 17117 | 16832 | 5497 | 6633 | ||
SandiskUltraIII 2GB(Formated in PDA) | 19802 | 15753 | 5769 | 6855 | ||
Transcend Plain 2GB | 6312 | 5251 | 4476 | 8761 | ||
Transcend SDHC Class 6, 4GB | 7480 | 6433 | 4934 | 7249 | ||
Kingston SDHC Class 6, 8GB | 7768 | 8137 | 3485 | 6450 | ||
Sandisk Extreme III 4GB (FAT16) | 21487 | 15958 | 6553 | 7062 | ||
Panasonic 8MB (FAT12, Fresh Format) | N/A | N/A | 1094 | 3183 | ||
Canon SDC-32M 32MB (FAT12, Fresh Format) | 1530 | 1534 | 1440 | 3471 | ||
Kingston Ultimate 120x 2GB (FAT16, Fresh Format) | 20610 | 19200 | 7692 | 6113 | ||
Lexar Premium 4GB SDHC (FAT12/FAT32, Fresh Format) | 19421 | 19200 | 12800 | 9416 | ||
SD400/Ixus50 (Digic II) | ||||||
Corsair 133x, 1GB (FAT16), Fresh format | 5999 | 8840 | 5516 | 7839 | ||
SD700 (Digic II) | ||||||
PQI Hi-Speed 150 512MB | 8859 | 8840 | 4694 | 5914 | ||
Ritz Big Print Digital Film by Lexar 2GB | 2468 | 2805 | 3336 | 6277 | ||
Sandisk Ultra II, 1GB (FAT16) | 9412 | 8777 | 4266 | 5872 | ||
Sandisk Ultra II, 2GB (FAT16) | 10315 | 9035 | 6068 | 7447 | ||
Sandisk Extreme III 2GB (FAT16) | 9779 | 9525 | 4804 | 5851 | ||
SD850IS /Ixus950 (Digic III) | ||||||
Canon, 32MB | 1644 | 1517 | 1404 | 3362 | ||
Pretec, 512MB/133x | 11743 | 11930 | 8070 | 8192 | ||
Microcenter Generic, 2GB (not 60x) | 3914 | 3723 | 3657 | 5268 | ||
OCZ, 2GB/150x | 10977 | 8653 | 5728 | 5957 | ||
Patriot, 2GB/extreme 133x | 11098 | 8848 | 5769 | 6001 | ||
Transcend, 2GB | 5549 | 5413 | 3783 | 5979 | ||
Sandisk, 4GBsdhc class 2 | 5549 | 5184 | 3957 | 5914 | ||
Toshiba, 8GBsdhc class 4 | 11881 | 9909 | 6553 | 7839 | ||
SD1000/Ixus70 (Digic III) | ||||||
Canon SDC-32M, 32MB | 1301 | 1301 | 1197 | 3406 | ||
Kingston, 1GB | 3705 | 3780 | 4428 | 7413 | ||
Sandisk, 1GB | 3041 | 3679 | 3336 | 5872 | ||
Dane-Elec, 2GB | 5771 | 5742 | 3585 | 5553 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II MiniSD W/Adapter, 2GB | 10847 | 10502 | 6971 | 8151 | ||
SanDisk Extreme III 2GB (FAT16) | 19572 | 19819 | 10369 | 8110 | ||
Dane-Elec SDHC 8GB (FAT16) | 12166 | 9239 | 7092 | 8151 | ||
SanDisk Ultra II 2GB SD (FAT16) | 16673 | 14456 | 6884 | 5830 | ||
Lexar Platinum II 2GB (FAT16) | 10847 | 10326 | 7413 | 7481 | ||
SD750/Ixus75 (Digic III) | ||||||
Kingston elite pro 50X, 1GB | 13641 | 14628 | 6425 | 6045 | ||
Sandisk Ultra II SD Plus, 8GB | 17653 | 11815 | 6913 | 5979 | ||
Sandisk Ultra II, 2GB | 10592 | 9452 | 6971 | 8070 | ||
Sandisk Ultra II SD, 16GB (new Class 2 version) | 18007 | 11930 | 6301 | 5893 | ||
SD870IS (Digic III) | ||||||
Verbatim Premium, 4GB (FAT16) | 10630 | 9170 | 6068 | 6501 | ||
Corsair 133x, 1GB (FAT16), Fresh format | 15537 | 15360 | 10850 | 9362 | ||
Corsair 60x, 2GB (FAT16), Fresh format | 5975 | 5015 | 4654 | 8761 | ||
Canon SDC-32M, 32MB, Fresh format | 1476 | 1494 | 1124 | 3616 | ||
Transcend SDHC 8GB Class6, Fresh format | 9901 | 7979 | 5425 | 6325 | ||
Eye-Fi Explorer, 2GB (FAT16) | 1984 | 2061 | 464 | 8623 | ||
SX100 IS | ||||||
SanDisk Extreme III, 2GB (FAT16) | 11098 | 9909 | 7728 | 9002 | ||
PQI Hi-Speed 150, 2GB (FAT16) | 9999 | 9752 | 7481 | 8714 | ||
TX1 (Digic III) | ||||||
Canon MMC-32MH (came with TX1), 32MB, Fresh format | 3204 | 3242 | 2767 | 8359 | ||
Canon SDC-32M (came with A470), 32MB, Fresh format | 1610 | 1425 | 1286 | 3357 | ||
Transcend Class 6, 4GB | 10003 | 7826 | 7347 | 11702 | ||
A-Data Class 6, 16GB, Fresh format | 13438 | 8969 | 5979 | 9869 | ||
A-Data "Turbo" Class 6, 16GB | 9187 | 11702 | 6687 | 10176 | ||
A-Data "Turbo" Class 6, 8GB | 14759 | 11702 | 7728 | 9810 | ||
MUT SD micro, 2GB | 12004 | 8777 | 6068 | 10240 | ||
Sandisk Extreme 3, 4GB | 20462 | 15170 | 7801 | 10176 | ||
Sandisk MicroSDHC Class 2, 4GB | 13438 | 8840 | 6687 | 9869 | ||
The quickest Digic II speeds is 74X, 71X, 51X, 63X. The quickest Digic III speeds is 143X, 132X, 85X, 78X. (extracted 2008.11.03 with neooffice)
Speed (Kb/s) | ||||||
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SD-card model, size | Write | Write | Write | Read | ||
(RAW) | (Mem) | (64k) | (64k) | |||
Maximum | ||||||
Digic II | 11145 | 10778 | 7728 | 9544 | ||
Digic III | 21487 | 19819 | 12800 | 11702 | ||