In http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-02/msg00357.html, you wrote:
> In fact the "gamer" benchmarks you are dissing are quite well reflecting the very kind > of coding excessively found in GCC itself. Some observations suggest > the you should aim at the CPU with the biggest L2-cache size affordable. In particular > comparision on the older Athlon XP line where very conclusive here as there where similarly rated CPUs available with 256kB vers. 512kB caches. Usually the 512k where 20% faster on GCC build loads then the ones with smaller caches despite beeing significantly lower clocked. By that token, the Pentium D 920 should trounce the Athlon X2 3800+ . But that's not what these benchmarks show.
