I meant a comparison on a clock-for-clock level. In other words, imagine either the 486 running at the clock speed of a Ryzen, or the Ryzen running at the clock speed of the 486. In other other words, compare ONLY IPC.
The line I was commenting on said:
> If a Ryzen takes 1,250 times the transistor for one core, does one core run 1,250 times (even taking hyperthreading in to account) faster than an i80486 at the same clock?
The line I was commenting on said:
> If a Ryzen takes 1,250 times the transistor for one core, does one core run 1,250 times (even taking hyperthreading in to account) faster than an i80486 at the same clock?
Emphasis added by me.