Intel Core 2 Duo Performance - L2 cache Sizes Compared
@ 2007/09/09To elaborate further, you can remove all of the cache and make a really cheap processor. It will not only be very cheap, but also extremely slow. But how much does the second level of cache really influence and affect the performance of today's Core 2 Duo processors? We at NordicHardware have gathered three processors, with 4MB, 2MB and 1MB respectively, to investigate this more thoroughly.
I mean, why compare with a benchmark without forcing the most out of em?
If a 1MB cache CPU can follow suit to a 2MB or 4MB, it means one isn't loading the CPU enough.
Sigh, he should at least have tried Far Cry or Bioshock at 1280x1024 (most used res as of now iirc) full graphics on.