I suppose the answer is simple, and Xeon is better, but what I want to know is, why? I was comparing different processors for use in a potential future server build, and the xeon clock speeds seem rather low compared to lot of desktop cpus such as the i7 or even some of the latest AMD chips. My current home server is a core2quad with 2.66Ghz clock speed per core, and a lot of the newer Xeons have that clock speed as well. Now I know clock speed is not everything, but what are other things to look at?
I run an application that is more or less single threaded so raw speed per core is what really matters to me. Am I better off going with something with a high clock speed in a case like that, or is a chip such as a Xeon much better than a desktop one even with a lower clock speed?
From my understanding desktop CPUs wont support ECC ram as well, but that's just an asside, not too too concerned about that for my app.
I run an application that is more or less single threaded so raw speed per core is what really matters to me. Am I better off going with something with a high clock speed in a case like that, or is a chip such as a Xeon much better than a desktop one even with a lower clock speed?
From my understanding desktop CPUs wont support ECC ram as well, but that's just an asside, not too too concerned about that for my app.