Colins tweet made me curious so I also did a dumb test with CE 1.7.0.2 and CE 2.0.0.0-dev45.
I kept it simple:
- Set up vanilla 1.7.0.2 install on a local VM.
- Create sample data using LimeSoda_SampleDataGenerator.
- Activate and flush caches.
- Call the homepage, one category and product page 5 times each. Take the arithmetic mean value and standard deviation of the loading time in Firebug.