It wasnt having to do with earlier models. My trezor seemed to slow down significantly after the firmware update that came right after the discovery of that attack vector. But now it's seems to be back to the way it used to be. Also I could have just been experiencing an unlucky series of server problems with mytrezor.com around that time. Not sure.
I see. Maybe they patched the hole first, and then improved its efficiency later.
Hm, so has the TREZOR been using the same hardware for 3-4 years now?
No changes in MCU etc at all?