Ryzen 5 2600X vs Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800

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Primary details

Comparing Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 2600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated863
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.23
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesTransmeta CrusoeAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data8.72
Architecture codenameCrusoe (2001)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date1 June 2001 (23 years ago)13 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 2600X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate266 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache128 KB576 KB
L2 cache512 KB3 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm12 nm
Die size55 mm2213 mm2
Number of transistors36.8 Million4800 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 2600X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketCBGA-474AM4
Power consumption (TDP)7 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 2600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 2600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 2600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 2600X.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 497
Ryzen 5 2600X 4.62
+10658%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2001 13 April 2018
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 130 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 95 Watt

Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 has 1257.1% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 2600X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 2600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 2600X is a desktop one.


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