XEON 512K vs. XEON 1MB

[enmtx]

Which would be faster (benchmarks would be nice)

XEON 2.8GHz w/1MB cache & XEON 3.06MHz w/512 cache

Thanks - Ian.

 

[xonik]

I don't know of any direct comparisons between the two processors you mentioned, but you can compare Xeons with identical clocks but varying cache complements here:

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=xeon3061MB&page=5

By seeing which benchmark scores are improved with the cache, you can decide which processor might be better in your applications.

 

[Dan_D]

I know a guy who exclusively runs Xeons. He has used both the 1MB and 512K processors and claims he notices significant gains with the extra cache memory.