> Finally, it should be noticed than on "normal" systems, memory size is still important because of the many caches they feature. http://www.7-cpu.com/cpu/Skyl

> Finally, it should be noticed than on "normal" systems, memory size is still important because of the many caches they feature. http://www.7-cpu.com/cpu/Skylake.html http://www.7-cpu.com/cpu/Skylake.html L1 cache: 32 KiB, 4 clock cycles (=1 nanosecond) latency L3 cache: (Up to) 8 MiB… with a latency (42ns) equivalent of 2½ branch mispredictions. You know, the things that Everyone Knows™ they should avoid with compiler hints like __builtin_expect. RAM: As much as you want… at 246 cycles (61.5ns) latency.