METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPARING PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES

A method for evaluating portable electronic devices includes performing a first benchmark on a baseline device for a predetermined time interval, resulting in a first dataset representing work performed by the baseline device. The method further includes performing a second benchmark on a test device for the predetermined time interval resulting in a second dataset representing work performed by the test device. Finally, the test device is determined to be initially acceptable if the total amount of work performed by the test device and the total amount of work performed by the baseline device differ by less than an acceptance threshold, and is determined to be finally acceptable by performing a quotient test on the data.