Which Xeon?

[Hate_Bot]

Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz 800MHz FSB, L3 2MB Cache

or

Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz 800MHz FSB, L2 2MB Cache

They are both the same price.

Is there a diffrence between L2 or L3 cache?


(On a side not, when are the dual core processors going to be coming in? Especially dual Xenons (if they exist) will any be out by july?)

Thanks

 

[robberbaron]

Wouldn't L3 cache have greater latency? Though, I think the L3 cached ones have 128k or so on L1, 512K on L2 and the 2mb on L3. The one with L3 will have the greatest sum of cache.

 

[savantu]

Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz 800MHz FSB, L3 2MB Cache

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There isn't such a thing.I think you are reffering to the 1MB L2 version. (?)

 

[robberbaron]

There isn't such a thing.I think you are reffering to the 1MB L2 version. (?)

http://indigo.intel.com/compare_cpu/default.aspx?familyID=5

They exist. Well, a 4mb L3 cache 3.0GHz one does anyway.

 

[Hate_Bot]

http://www.canadacomputers.com/cc/i...HPSESSID=09be33f919c546a86d9da3b84a94356c#cpu

look the the 2 that cost 446, one is L2 2mb, the other is l3 2mb, is this a typo?

 

[savantu]

robberbaron > you are refering to the Xeon MP, the multiprocessor version ( > 4) , which indeed is a 3Ghz/4MB L3/400Mhz FSB and it costs around 3600$.

Hate_Bot > it is a typo.As you can see from the following submission there are a 1MB and a 2MB L2 versions.