Intel CPU: Core 2 Duo vs. Xeon Dual Core. Which is faster?

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Published on 2009-09-24T22:43:14Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 10:03 UTC
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Xeon: Dual Core Intel® Xeon® W3503 2.40GHz, 4M L3, 4.8GT/s
Intel® Core™2 Duo E8400 (6MB,3.0 GHz, 1333FSB),

USES: Virtual PC (and doing software development within Virtual PC) A little bit of video editing Desktop software (like Outlook, Quickbooks, etc.)

I think #1 is faster, but wanted feedback from other folks here.

Which is faster and why?

Thanks!

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