Fastest Linux: Xeon 3.2Ghz or Core2Duo 2.13GHz

[Frank_Rizzo]

As the title says. Which is fastest for Linux environment - mostly mysql database stuff.

The C2D is a 6400.

I don't know what type the 3.2Ghz xeon is. I think it is from a dell SC430 from around 6 months ago.

 

[Frank_Rizzo]

Cheers guys. Can I try one more?

How much faster would a

Quad Core Xeon 3210 (Q6400 equivalent)

be against a

Xeon 3060 (E6600 equivalent)

Looking at Sandra's list of CPU benchmarks:

3210: 38,456 MIPS
3060: 21,685 MIPS

which is about a 75% increase but what about in real world usage?

This would be for a LAMP server. I'm getting two new servers but I think I could be better off just getting one X3210 server rather than two 3060's.

 

[Frank_Rizzo]

I went with a single 3060 in the end.

This is a damn slick machine. It's around twice as fast as the old 3.4Ghz P4's I was using.