What CPU is More Powerful and Why?

jmacdoug007

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Sep 27, 2012
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Which server is more powerful? My objective is high performance through put.

Dual Xeon 5520 4*2.26Ghz HT TB 8MB Cache or

Xeon L5504 4 Core, 4MB cache,2.0Ghz,4/8GT/s

How can I figure this out on my own? So many variables that go into figuring this out.