SQL Hardware recommendatiosn for BizTalk 2013

Hi,
We are building a new BizTalk 2013 PROD environment. We are provisioning new Hardware for the underlying SQL server.
We have two options available.
Option 1 : 2 cpu's 2 x 4 cores, 2.5 GHz
Option 2 : 1 cpu with 8 cores, 3.3 GHz
Both are Intel Xeon.
Could you please let me know your thoughts on what factors we need to consider in selecting on of these options.
Regards,
Ujjwal
-Ujjwal

These recommendations should be done by dba's not BizTalk architects.
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