whats more important L2cache or ghz on a processor?

Answer 1

It depends on the entire processor. Cache and clock speed are just two pieces of the puzzle. For example, a 3.4GHz Pentium D is slower than a 1.86GHz Core 2 Duo because the architectures are different. The Core microarchitecture is much more efficient than the Pentium 4 (Netburst) architecture.

Also, in some situations, a two processors which differ only by their amount of cache will perform identically, depending on the application they are running. 3D rendering and gaming are helped by a larger cache, while video encoding is not in some instances.

Within a processor family, higher clocked parts will be faster and parts with higher cache will be faster in some instances, but you can't compare those raw specs across processor families.

Answer 2

The clock speed of a cpu is less important than the architecture of the cpu - some cpu's will perform better at a lesser clock speed than another with a greater clock speed, if the architecture is right. Most people run a lot of little programs at once, whether they realize it or not - Windows XP has many "services" running that can be reliably disabled, for example.

So since people are running various programs at once, it is important to have a large L2 cache, as this makes it easier for the cpu to do the jobs it is called upon to do....

Answer 3

It depends on what you are using it for primarily. If you plan on running multiple applications at once, having a large cache is important since that means that information and processes are easily swapped in and out of the processor. More ghz is important for speed when you are running just one application at a time. This is more useful when you are running an application that has to run a specific process for a while such as a 3d renderer.

Answer 4

Both are important, the more L2 cache you have, the faster the processor will be, try to go at least 1MB 512*2. This will out perform slower cpu's with a lesser Gh rating.

Answer 5

BOTH my friend, BOTH


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Answer 6

the cache cuz i have a 3.00ghz processor and my other comp is a 2.6ghz and it is faster