processor help

[yorkslad]

when a processor says (2.1Ghz, 512kb Cache) what dose 512kb cache mean??
and is the bigger the cache no..... the better?

thanks yorkslad

[ManofScience]

yes, bigger cache the better, but not at the expense of (for example) processor speed. the cache is like the waiting room so there's no lag in processing while it's waiting to load data from storage (RAM, hard disk, etc)

[yorkslad]

so is 2.1Ghz, 512kb Cache ok or rubbish?

[ManofScience]

so is 2.1Ghz, 512kb Cache ok or rubbish?

depends what processor!

[t34v2]

and which cache level

[rxpx69]

big is alway better aim for 1-2mb