Same cache size but labled differently...Is there a difference and is it important?

[ErebusGamer16]

Hello Again,

Just recently I've noticed that the cache of some CPUs are labeled differently (and it is not just the L3 cache), for example, one CPU may have 1x8 MB L3 cache while another CPU may have 2x4 MB cache, One may have 4x32 L2 cache and another may have 2x64 L2 cache, and so on. Does the way the cache is labeled actually affect the performance of the CPU?

Thanks,

ErebusGamer16

[Crunchy Dragon]

How the cache is split among the cores would affect how it's listed.

 

What CPUs are you looking at?

[Jurrunio]

For example, Ryzen 7 1700 has 8x [some_capacity] of L1 and L2 cache, but only 2x [some_capacity] of L3 cache. This means each cores get individual L1 and L2 cache, but L3 cache is given per CCX rather than per core.