Pentium 4 cpu question

[Gabriel Knight]

Hi all, im looking at the specs of a p4 cpu :


Processor Speed: 3.0 Ghz

L2 Cache Speed: 3.0 Ghz

what is the L2 cache mean is it dual core?

Thanks
GK

 

[themattiskool]

Hi all, im looking at the specs of a p4 cpu :

Processor Speed: 3.0 Ghz

L2 Cache Speed: 3.0 Ghz

what is the L2 cache mean is it dual core?

Thanks
GK

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[Dean G.]

Hi all, im looking at the specs of a p4 cpu :


Processor Speed: 3.0 Ghz

L2 Cache Speed: 3.0 Ghz

what is the L2 cache mean is it dual core?

The L2 cache is a fairly large (in this case) piece of memory that is
on the processor die. It is much faster than main memory. Programs
that access a small set of memory location over and over again can see
large performance increases with a cache, while other operations that
run through large amounts of data sequentially will see much less
improvement.

If your Pentium is dual core, it will likely have a D in the model
name (i.e. Pentium D 930 or D 945 for a 3.0 Ghz dual core).

Dean G.

 

[DaveW]

L2 Cache is the on-chip memory. The CPU is not dual core.