Ryzen 5 3600X vs Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800

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Primary details

Comparing Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 3600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated678
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.65
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesTransmeta CrusoeAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data11.41
Architecture codenameCrusoe (2001)Matisse (2019−2020)
Release date1 June 2001 (23 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 3600X 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 data3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate266 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB384 KB
L2 cache512 KB3 MB
L3 cacheno data32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die size55 mm2no data
Number of transistors36.8 Million4,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 3600X 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 3600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 3600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 3600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2001 27 May 2019
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 130 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 95 Watt

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

Ryzen 5 3600X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1757.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 and Ryzen 5 3600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 3600X is a desktop one.


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