Could someone compare the processors?

[Lunny]

Right now we're running on Dual Core
Intel® Xeon®
3050 at 2.13GHz

And could run there 4 game servers with 300-400 people connected to each.

we're supposed to change it to the Core 2 Duo Quad Core
Xeon Q6600,
8 MB cache

I'm intresting in how much impromevement would we have with the new processors, i undestood that primarily it depends on our software, but if somebody could somehow compare these two processors, would be gratefull to him.

[Jean-Luc]

I will suggest you to verify with some benchmark on http://www.tomshardware.com/.

You will see a HUGEEEEEEE difference between the Dual Core and the Quad.

[leaseweb]

Did you check out http://compare.intel.com/pcc/default.aspx?familyID=1 ?

[Crucialp]

Passmark also could be useful - http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

[~ServerPoint~]

we're supposed to change it to the Core 2 Duo Quad Core

This is really good one.
But I think that no one can say how much you will need tomorrow. Go with this configuration.

[sid07]

Well its quad core is really better as the no of physical processes always contribute to the level of load you can put on your server . But other factors like RAM , hardisks etc play a crucial role too . So pay attention to these details as well and of course the motherboard too .