5 ms·Latency ≠ throughputby jeanmichelx 7y agoLatency ≠ throughputmasklinn 7y agoThe LLC access is a sequential cost to processing the packet.loeg 7y agoSure, but the CPU can amortize that cost over many packets if it is infrequent, while maintaining the same throughput. Also, cache line sized packets are relatively tiny.