Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs

From: mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran(at)collaborativefusion(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Large (8M) cache vs. dual-core CPUs
Date: 2006-04-25 18:38:17
Message-ID: 20060425183817.GA9241@mark.mielke.cc
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 01:33:38PM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> Sad, cause the AMD is, on a price / performance scale, twice the
> processor for the same money as the Intel.

Maybe a year or two ago. Prices are all coming down. Intel more
than AMD.

AMD still seems better - but not X2, and it depends on the workload.

X2 sounds like biggotry against Intel... :-)

Cheers,
mark

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