R programming language resources › Forums › General chat › Many or fast cores?Tagged: Processor coresThis topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 10 years, 5 months ago by Leif.Viewing 1 post (of 1 total)AuthorPosts September 12, 2014 at 10:03 am #1063 LeifMemberI am going to buy a new computer ( Dell workstation T5810 – Windows 8) to work with simulatons in R.Now I am asked what kind of processor I like and I was given two choices.1. Intel Xeon E5-1620 v3 – 4 cores 3.7 GHz Turbo 2. Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 – 8 cores 2.6 GHz TurboI don’t know what is better in simulation studies in R, a few very fast cores or many cores at normal speed.Can you please give me help about this?Warm regardsLeifAuthorPostsViewing 1 post (of 1 total)You must be logged in to reply to this topic.Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In