Test: time dd if=/dev/mmcblk? of=/dev/null bs=8192 count=30000 Speed in bytes => 8192*30000/time Speed in Mbytes => 8192*30000/time/1024/1024 Card Clock Width Time Speed Slot 1GB SanDisk RS-MMC 20Mhz 1-bits 107.29 2.18MB/s External 4GB SanDisk SDHC C2 25Mhz 4-bits 31.41 7.46MB/s External 4GB Transcend SDHC C2 48Mhz 4-bits 25.72 9.11MB/s Internal 8GB Transcend SDHC C2 48Mhz 4-bits 19.54 11.99MB/s Internal