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How to compare Xeon Processors

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Pls help to compare the below two processors.

Option-A

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Processor Name: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) MP CPU 3.00GHz

Number of processors in system: 4

Active cores per processor: 1

L1 Trace Cache: 12 Kµops

L1 Data Cache: 16 KB

L2 Cache: 1 MB

L3 Cache: 8 MB

Option-B

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Processor Name: Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 (12M Cache, 3.46 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI)

Number of processors in system: 2

Active cores per processor: 6

Active threads per processor: 12

L1 Cache: 64 KB

L2 Cache: 256 KB L2 cache per core

L3 Cache: 12 MB shared among all cores

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Kishan

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idata
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Dear Experts,

Why I am asking to compare Option-A and Option-B is because I am hoping to switch to Option-B. In your opinion will Option-B > Option-A?

Thanks,

Kishan

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