powerbook g4 12" vs 15" speed

[elinsound]

i own each of these machines; my 15" 1.67 2GB was fitted with an SSD when i bought it, while the 12" 1.5 1.25 GB has not been modified from stock.
it makes no sense to me, but the 12" performs considerably faster - particularly opening/accessing files.
i run demanding audio programs, and everything is noticably snappier.
could this been down to a crap SSD in the 15"?
is there a speed test program i can run to determine this kind of thing?
or maybe it is throttling?
could a flat battery have anything to do with this?
both machines have fresh installs of 10.4.
thanks!
- elin

 

[joevt]

Geekbench 2?

I found these these:

PowerBook G4 (12-inch 1.5 GHz)
776 https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/414
824 https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/2932
852 https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/2728864

PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5 GHz)
847 https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/6733
930 https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/9010
941 https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/18774

You can compare two Geekbench scores like this:
https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/compare/2728864/18774

But those are mostly for CPU tests. I'm not sure about disk tests. Maybe QuickBench 4.0?
https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/power-macintosh-g4-disk-drive-benchmark-roundup.45933/

 

[ervus]

Both of those computers can run at half CPU speed (DFS) to save power/battery. You could look under System Preferences/Energy Saver to see the settings. In general an SSD should be faster than a mechanical drive for file access. You can also open Activity Monitor to see what the computer is doing. Spotlight indexing has a knack for tying up the computer when you're trying to use it.