CompactFlash Speed Comparison Using the 788T
The chart below shows speed test results for transfers between a 788T and a MacBook Pro. The selection of storage medium is based on common CompactFlash cards commercially available as of April 11, 2008
| Make | Model | Size | Firewire 800 | Firewire 400 | USB 2.0 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read | Write | Read | Write | Read | Write | |||
| Samsung | HM160HI (788T Internal Hard Drive) | 160GB | 38.40 MB/s | 27.94 MB/s | 27.09 MB/s | 23.78 MB/s | 28.55 MB/s | 25.50 MB/s |
| Pretec | CFS248G (233X) | 48GB | 40.27 MB/s | 15.13 MB/s | 33.23 MB/s | 12.03 MB/s | 32.63 MB/s | 10.84 MB/s |
| Transcend | TS4GCF133 (Ultra Speed 133x) | 4GB | 32.99 MB/s | 18.45 MB/s | 31.86 MB/s | 14.45 MB/s | 30.83 MB/s | 10.26 MB/s |
| Transcend | TS4GCF266 (Extreme Speed 266x) | 4GB | 45.81 MB/s | 29.57 MB/s | 32.25 MB/s | 27.78 MB/s | 34.08 MB/s | 22.07 MB/s |
| Transcend | TS8GCF133 (Ultra Speed 133x) | 8GB | 40.85 MB/s | 17.38 MB/s | 33.14 MB/s | 14.24 MB/s | 32.85 MB/s | 14.71 MB/s |
| Transcend | TS32GCF133 (Ultra Speed 133x) | 32GB | 41.16 MB/s | 19.69 MB/s | 33.84 MB/s | 14.97 MB/s | 32.06 MB/s | 12.08 MB/s |
| A-Data | SPEEDY CF 2GB | 2GB | 9.28 MB/s | 5.36 MB/s | 9.35 MB/s | 5.78 MB/s | 9.24 MB/s | 4.55 MB/s |
| A-Data | SPEEDY CF 4GB | 4GB | 14.29 MB/s | 8.50 MB/s | 14.33 MB/s | 10.21 MB/s | 14.05 MB/s | 8.96 MB/s |
| A-Data | CF 266X 4GB | 4GB | 43.34 MB/s | 27.82 MB/s | 30.45 MB/s | 27.60 MB/s | 35.38 MB/s | 22.32 MB/s |
| A-Data | SPEEDY CF 32GB | 32GB | 14.25 MB/s | 6.39 MB/s | 13.66 MB/s | 4.91 MB/s | 14.07 MB/s | 5.48 MB/s |
| SanDisk | SDCFJ-256-388 | 256MB | 15.06 MB/s | 2.68 MB/s | 14.93 MB/s | 2.68 MB/s | 14.71 MB/s | 2.61 MB/s |
| SanDisk | SDCFH-2048-901 (Ultra II) | 2GB | 11.88 MB/s | 7.22 MB/s | 11.77 MB/s | 6.77 MB/s | 11.69 MB/s | 6.90 MB/s |
| SanDisk | SDCFH-4096-901 (Ultra II) | 4GB | 11.87 MB/s | 9.02 MB/s | 11.79 MB/s | 8.12 MB/s | 11.70 MB/s | 7.45 MB/s |
| SanDisk | SDCFX3-004G-A31 (Extreme III) | 4GB | 15.15 MB/s | 14.12 MB/s | 15.12 MB/s | 14.47 MB/s | 13.46 MB/s | 14.05 MB/s |
| SanDisk | SDCFX4-004G-AD1 (Extreme Ducati) | 4GB | 41.08 MB/s | 40.22 MB/s | 32.72 MB/s | 30.63 MB/s | 35.16 MB/s | 25.47 MB/s |
| Lexar | CF4GB-300-380 (Professional UDMA) | 4GB | 39.80 MB/s | 40.33 MB/s | 33.79 MB/s | 30.87 MB/s | 35.91 MB/s | 24.46 MB/s |
| Ridata | CFR8G-233X-LIG2 (Lightning 233x) | 8GB | 37.32 MB/s | 14.60 MB/s | 33.89 MB/s | 15.69 MB/s | 28.77 MB/s | 11.74 MB/s |
| Kingston | CF/4GB | 4GB | 11.13 MB/s | 7.315 MB/s | 11.11 MB/s | 7.93 MB/s | 10.96 MB/s | 7.92 MB/s |
| Kingston | CF/4GB-U2 (Ultimate 266x) | 4GB | 40.99 MB/s | 36.26 MB/s | 31.71 MB/s | 29.20 MB/s | 35.27 MB/s | 21.99 MB/s |
| PNY | P-CF4GB-133W-DVDC (Optima PRO) | 4GB | 39.01 MB/s | 35.53 MB/s | 33.54 MB/s | 29.89 MB/s | 34.97 MB/s | 24.03 MB/s |
| Lexar | CF4GB-80-380 (Professional 80x) | 4GB | Not Compatible | |||||
| Kodak | KPCF1GBSCS | 1GB | Not Compatible | |||||
| Viking | CF256M | 256MB | Not Compatible | |||||
| Fujifilm | CF/2GB | 2GB | Not Compatible | |||||