> Xeon E5-2620v4 - 2,1GHz@8,0GT 20MB cache, 8core, HT, 85W, LGA2011
passmark: 16825 cost: 417$ > Xeon E5-2623v4 - 2,6GHz@8,0GT 10MB cache, 4core, HT, 85W, LGA2011 passmark: 8302 cost: 444$ I would get the first one. On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Miloslav Hůla <'miloslav.h...@gmail.com'> wrote: Hi, we are planning to change hardware for our standalone Dovecot instance handling ~5800 IMAP users with 1TB mailboxes on local RAID. Is there some recommendation about CPU? We can choose from: - Intel Xeon E5-2620v4 - 2,1GHz@8,0GT 20MB cache, 8core, HT, 85W, LGA2011 - Intel Xeon E5-2623v4 - 2,6GHz@8,0GT 10MB cache, 4core, HT, 85W, LGA2011 The difference is about more cores vs. hi frequency. Thank you, Miloslav