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Intel Xeon 5000 vs. 5100 series
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:06 am
by adamwade
Does anyone know about how much faster the Intel Xeon Woodcrest 5100 series chips are compared to the Xeon 5000 series?
The man difference is the Cache memory 2MB vs. 4MB, but also how the dual cores share this memory I think.
What kind of % increase in speed might this be? I can't seem to find any direct comparisons.
Thanks
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:10 pm
by numerobis
I think the main difference is old Core vs. new Core. The 51xx series is based on the new Core 2 architecture and 50xx on the Dempsey-Core (NetBurst). They are available with 2x2 MB cache too. But the new 4MB cache is shared - so single-threaded apps can use up to 4MB cache...
This site is in german but at the end of the article you can find a comparison table of 50xx and 51xx:
http://www.heise.de/ct/06/15/030/
I would definatly go with the new Core 2 architecture.
Here are some comparisons of Woodcrest, Dempsey and Opteron:
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content ... est&page=6
http://www.tecchannel.de/specials/engli ... dex14.html
http://techreport.com/etc/2006q2/woodcrest/index.x?pg=5
...another AMD-Intel test (german):
http://hardware.thgweb.de/2006/08/12/pr ... age68.html
http://hardware.thgweb.de/2006/08/12/pr ... age72.html
numerobis
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:19 pm
by adamwade
Thanks so much.
I was trying to decide if it is worth spending the extra $.
I think so.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:31 pm
by numerobis
...me too
I think my next PC will have a Core 2 Duo E6600... after 6 AMD-years
numerobis
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:47 pm
by adamwade
Yeah, I was thinking about the Core 2 Extreme 6800, but we have the budget for a dual processor (4 core) Xeon 5150.
I don't think the single 6800 can match 2 Xeon 5150s.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:38 pm
by numerobis
...this should be right
if I had the money I also would buy a dual-dualcore... but I'm only a poor student...
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:08 am
by Hybaj
Another poor student here too
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:27 am
by jespi
another more poor student! i think we are a little crowd
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:46 am
by Hybaj
Just a thought.. student with rich parents is a rich student??
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:52 am
by jespi
maybe yes..........maybe no, if you have a dual core opteron , the answer is yes
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:18 pm
by adamwade
Hey, the good thing about being a poor student is that it is only a temporary condition. You will all make it soon....
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:40 am
by Hervé
he hethe bad thing of being a on poor student... it stays like that all your life... hehe