Can anyone tell me which would be the better of these two CPU setups for visualization using Hyper-V running on Server 2012? Having a bit of an argument here.
CPU choice 1 is a pair of Intel Xeon E5440's (4 cores per CPU, 2.83GHz, 12MB cache, Core2 era architecture). Choice 2 is a single Intel Xeon E3 1230 (4 cores with HT, 3.2GHz with 3.6GHz turbo, 8MB Cache, Sandy Bridge architecture).
In my mind choice 2 is the de facto choice, I don't see how 8 cores from 2008 are going to be match for 4 Sandy cores with HT, it's a half GHz advantage plus the two generation IPC gap. However my mate is convinced that 8 cores beats 4, simple as /shrug.
CPU choice 1 is a pair of Intel Xeon E5440's (4 cores per CPU, 2.83GHz, 12MB cache, Core2 era architecture). Choice 2 is a single Intel Xeon E3 1230 (4 cores with HT, 3.2GHz with 3.6GHz turbo, 8MB Cache, Sandy Bridge architecture).
In my mind choice 2 is the de facto choice, I don't see how 8 cores from 2008 are going to be match for 4 Sandy cores with HT, it's a half GHz advantage plus the two generation IPC gap. However my mate is convinced that 8 cores beats 4, simple as /shrug.