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Xeon or Core i7

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I have to choose the processor of my next working station.

Which of these two processors (Xeon or Core i7) would be

the more faster for calculate the polygons under eagle V6.

Currently: 1,30mn under my old P4 3Ghz.

 

 

 

  • Hi.

     

    If you compare cpus with equivalent features (e.g. clock speed, cache, and so on) you should have the same performance in system with comparable characteristics (equivalent RAM, mainboard, GPU, etc.). Xeon support ECC memory which is usually used on server systems. In my opinion you can choose the one you  prefer and have in both cases good performances.

  • Hello,

     

    That would probably be the one with the highest clockspeed for single core 

    applications. Eagle is single threaded, so having multicore processors 

    will only help if other concurrently running tasks are slowing the 

    computer down.

     

    If looking at GHz vs. cost I'm guessing that would be the i7, with turbo 

    speed. Other factors can account for increased reliabilty, though, like 

    the Xeon using parity memory (ECC) instead of normal memory like the 

    'consumer' i7. Also the quality of motherboards, chipsets en ethernet 

    adapters can play a role in decision making.

     

    Richard

     

    Op Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:12:18 +0200 schreef Christian Bohrer 

    <c.bohrer@azelectronic.fr>:

     

    I have to choose the processor of my next working station.

    Which of these two processors (Xeon or Core i7) would be

    the more faster for calculate the polygons under eagle V6.

    Currently: 1,30mn under my old P4 3Ghz.