a big l2 cache will tend to lead to good overall performance. In that it will positively impact the performance of a wide range of programs. Especially ones tha

a big l2 cache will tend to lead to good overall performance. In that it will positively impact the performance of a wide range of programs. Especially ones that adhere to common OOP or functional programming practices. (Pointer hopping, virtual functions, linked lists, etc) Games or other carefully tuned programs that carefully lay out data in memory may not be much affected I guess.