Originally posted by mozez
what was explained above is actually l2 cahce, not l3, the g4s have 256k l2 chaceh which is half the amount of a p4 or athlon, and the fact that the cache is on the motherboard and not on chip makes it twice as slow because it has to travel, so no, the l3 cache does not go at full speed and does not feed at 12.8, did you just read that on apple's site and trya nd repeat it or soemthing. what is kept in the cache, instructions sets, the most commonly used ones to be exact, a larger cache makes it easier on the proicessor to store used functions in the last milli second so that it can repeat it, this is especially handy when using graphics or for system stability and it helps tons in art world, now if you buy a zeon processor, you will get 2mb of L2 cahce and an l3 cache so let's not get our information mixed up, do some pc research before thinging you know what they have, and don't read off aplle's site either, nor intels nor amds, what they put on their is for consumers, not techs, if you are a techa nd have to use and study this stuff you'd know it's all bull.