450MHz Pentium II Xeon and normal Pentium II comparison

Here's a comparison between the Pentium II Xeon and the normal Pentium II processors.

Is it worth going for the holy grail? Probably not, if you think a Coppermine Pentium III will suit you. The difference of having 2MB full speed cache on the CPU as opposed to 512KB at half speed will vary; BGB doesn't show too much of a difference, mainly just a little less strain, but GLQuake with a Voodoo2 reveals how beefy, fast cache can be VERY significant in improving the performance of various applications.

Created on April 2nd, 2021