Quote Originally Posted by XS Janus View Post
12mb across the 4cores... that explains the 316$ price for 2,5 GHz model.
Q9450 has 2.66GHz for the same price.
Not much of a premium... i like it!
You cant directly compare the 2.

The 5000 series xeon also works in dual socket. You would have to compare 3000 series Xeons with your desktop part.