Re: how to compare X Ghz processor to Y Ghz processor?

ray wrote:
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:27:23 -0700, Bennett Haselton wrote:

If I'm comparing dedicated Linux hosting offers, is there a rule of
thumb to tell which of two processors is going to be the faster, better
choice? (Assuming I'm just hosting a busy Web server.)

One hosting company suggested I "upgrade" from a machine with an Intel
Celeron 2.8 Ghz to a machine with an Intel Celeron 430 1.8 Ghz. At
first I wondered why the supposedly better one would have a smaller Ghz
number. But I know that an X Ghz processor is not necessarily faster
than a Y Ghz processor just because X > Y. But in that case, is there a
rule for determining which is better? A published list that lists all
processors in order by their speed (assuming a fixed task like running a
busy Web server)?

Bennett

The "faster one" is likely to be the one running on a chipset which offers faster disc access.
not neceessarily. Depends what slows you down.

a 1.8Ghz 64 bit chip with good cache will out compute a faster 32 bit one with less cache..if you are compute bound.

This machine certainly is..a 450MHz Power PC is very slow...:-)

Sometimes its ram you are short of..if yo regularly rn a zillion processes on a server, or manipulate very large graphic objects or movies..

Disk access only really affects program or data loading, unless you are running a huge database with many users.
.

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