Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 vs Xeon E5-2620

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1586not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.73no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataTransmeta Crusoe
Power efficiency3.32no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Crusoe (2001)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)1 June 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$36no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads121
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate7.2 GT/s266 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache15360 KB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm130 nm
Die size435 mm255 mm2
Maximum core temperature77 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,270 million36.8 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 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 configuration2no data
SocketFCLGA2011CBGA-474
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size384 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 1 June 2001
Physical cores 6 1
Threads 12 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 7 Watt

Xeon E5-2620 has an age advantage of 10 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800, on the other hand, has 1257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2620 and Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2620 is a server/workstation processor while Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800 is a notebook one.


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