Quartz, I'm sorry I'm not familiar with either of the processor's you're describing. In the vague terms you have given, I am 100% that the answer is use the multicore setup.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Quartz <qua...@sneakertech.com> wrote: > but the short answer is to use the >> multi-processor system. The single core will perform better when you care >> nothing about your performance, the multi-core system will perform better >> the only time you care at all about performance. >> > > I think some information is getting lost here. I'm not comparing single vs > multi core operation in a purely mathematical sense on identical hardware. > I'm trying to decide between a setup that uses a relatively fast single > core vs a setup that uses slower multi cores. In aggregate the multiple > cores have more processing power than the fast single, but in isolation are > notably slower. The workload is mainly pf, and given that pf is currently > single threaded, I'm trying to figure out if the other stuff on the box > causes enough overhead that going with slower multi cores will end up being > faster in the end or not.
