Question : Problem: which intel cpu is better xeon or core 2 for servers

which intel cpu processors would you say are faster and give better performance for a server?

Intel Xeon 5160 3.0 GHz   dual 80w processors [ 2 processors ]
or
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0 GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core  [ single processor ]

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Answer : Problem: which intel cpu is better xeon or core 2 for servers

The program it accesses for the orders, is it SQL based or what?  SQL licensing is done by the physical processor, so two processors wil double the price of SQL.  If this software was designed custom then I would contact the developer to see how processor intensive it is, and what they recommend.  A server's performance is much more then just it's processor.  You may wish to purchase faster hard drives, more memory, backup sytems etc. rather then just the fastest processors, especially if processor speed is not going to be an issue.

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