BlueCove Bluetooth speed test results

The bluecove-tester traffic generator test #100 and #101 with 1024 bytes buffer, test duration 2 minutes

Sending Device Reciving Device RFCOMM transfer speed
Winsock, MS BT v2 Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 260,000 bit/s
Winsock, MS BT v2 WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp 300,000 bit/s
Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp 290,000 bit/s
BlueZ, D-Link DBT-120 BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 670,000 bit/s
BlueZ, MS BT v2 BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 470,000 bit/s
Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 530,000 bit/s *
BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 360,000 bit/s *
BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp Winsock, Tiny EDR 1,150,000 bit/s
Winsock, Tiny EDR BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 790,000 bit/s
BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp BlueZ, Tiny EDR 910,000 - 1,300,000 bit/s **
BlueZ, Tiny EDR BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 660,000 - 950,000 bit/s **
WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp 330,000 bit/s
WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 360,000 bit/s
WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp Winsock, Tiny EDR 330,000 bit/s
Mac OS X, MS BT v2 Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 110,000 bit/s *
Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 Mac OS X, MS BT v2 300,000 bit/s *
Mac OS X, TRUST BT-2210Tp Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 16,000 bit/s *
Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 Mac OS X, TRUST BT-2210Tp 360,000 bit/s *
Mac OS X, Apple Integrated Winsock, Tiny EDR 230,000 bit/s *
Winsock, Tiny EDR Mac OS X, Apple Integrated 1,060,000 bit/s *
BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp Mac OS X, Apple Integrated 1,500,000 bit/s *
Mac OS X, Apple Integrated BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 370,000 bit/s *
BlueZ, Tiny EDR Mac OS X, Apple Integrated 230,000 - 1,300,000 bit/s * *** (faster when OS X is server/bug?)
WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp SE K790 230,000 bit/s
Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 SE K790 510,000 bit/s *
BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp SE K790 660,000 bit/s *
SE K790 Winsock, D-Link DBT-120 250,000 bit/s *
BlueZ, Tiny EDR SE K790 530,000 bit/s *
SE K790 BlueZ, Tiny EDR 130,000 bit/s *
Winsock, Tiny EDR Nokia 5310 XM 880,000 bit/s
Nokia 5310 XM Winsock, Tiny EDR 1,200,000 bit/s
Nokia 5310 XM BlueZ, Tiny EDR 777,000 bit/s
Winsock, Tiny EDR SE K790 550,000 bit/s *
SE K790 Winsock, Tiny EDR 163,000 bit/s *

* The transfer speed significantly depends on direction.

** The transfer speed depeneds on the System hardware, Linux, and BlueZ version as well depends on wich side initiate connection.

*** The transfer speed depeneds on wich side initiate connection.

The bluecove-tester traffic generator test #100 and #101 with MTU 1024 bytes was used. The reciving speed was measured since sent L2CAP pakets may be lost.

Sending Device Reciving Device L2CAP transfer speed
WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp 1,200,000 bit/s
WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 1,300,000 bit/s
WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp BlueZ, Tiny EDR 800,000 - 1,300,000 bit/s **
BlueZ, MS BT v2 BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 650,000 bit/s
BlueZ, Tiny EDR Mac OS X, Apple Integrated 80,000 - 760,000 bit/s ***
Mac OS X, Apple Integrated BlueZ, Tiny EDR 220,000 bit/s
BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp Mac OS X, Apple Integrated 980,000 bit/s
WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp SE K790 370,000 bit/s *
BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp SE K790 370,000 bit/s *
SE K790 BlueZ, TRUST BT-2210Tp 100,000 bit/s *
SE K790 WIDCOMM, TRUST BT-2210Tp 80,000 bit/s *

Devices/software used in test:

  • JSR-082 Phones: Sony Ericsson K790, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
  • BlueCove with Microsoft Bluetooth stack, Microsoft Wireless Transceiver for Bluetooth 2.0 (MS BT v2)
  • BlueCove with Microsoft Bluetooth stack, D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth Adapter
  • BlueCove with Microsoft Bluetooth stack, Tiny USB 2.0 Bluetooth V2.0 EDR Dongle (Hong Kong/ebay); see *** == Not recommended
  • BlueCove with WIDCOMM (Broadcom Bluetooth stack) v5.1.0.4700, TRUST Bluetooth 2.0 EDR USB Adapter BT-2210Tp ;
  • BlueCove with BlueZ Bluetooth stack on Linux Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit, Fedora Core 9 32 bit, SUSE 11 64 bit (fastest), all above adapters
  • BlueCove with Mac OS X 10.5.2, TRUST BT-2210Tp or D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth Adapter; see *
  • BlueCove with Mac OS X 10.5.6 i386, 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, Apple Integrated Cambridge Silicon Radio; see *