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tomsem · 09-03-2023, 02:21 PM

In case anyone is interested, I did some file transfer benchmarks on my Mac.

I did 2 tests for each device: a single 340 MB file, and 2 files of about that size 'simultaneously' (drag and drop to destination)

(macOS, 2020 iMac 27" using USB-C port out)

Scribe (MTP): 17s and 35s
PW5 (USB drive): 16s and 48s
PW4 ("): 44s and 2m 20s

Scribe and PW5 have USB-C, PW4 is microUSB or whatever.

For MTP client I used calibre, and also OpenMTP. They were the same speed. Finder for the other transfers.

Windows 10 (really old HP EliteBook):
Scribe: 19s and 35s
PW5: 60s and 1m 54s
PW4: 2m 4s and 4m 8s

Despite the claim that MTP is slower, it's clearly not. It's much much faster on Windows, which is what I assume most people use.

09-03-2023, 02:21 PM	#55
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,959 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	In case anyone is interested, I did some file transfer benchmarks on my Mac. I did 2 tests for each device: a single 340 MB file, and 2 files of about that size 'simultaneously' (drag and drop to destination) (macOS, 2020 iMac 27" using USB-C port out) Scribe (MTP): 17s and 35s PW5 (USB drive): 16s and 48s PW4 ("): 44s and 2m 20s Scribe and PW5 have USB-C, PW4 is microUSB or whatever. For MTP client I used calibre, and also OpenMTP. They were the same speed. Finder for the other transfers. Windows 10 (really old HP EliteBook): Scribe: 19s and 35s PW5: 60s and 1m 54s PW4: 2m 4s and 4m 8s Despite the claim that MTP is slower, it's clearly not. It's much much faster on Windows, which is what I assume most people use. Last edited by tomsem; 09-03-2023 at 03:29 PM.