Celeron G1820TE vs G540

General info

Comparing Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2515	2601
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.02	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	4 September 2011 (12 years old)	1 December 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$158	no data
Current price	$38 (0.2x MSRP)	$1985

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	131 mm2	177 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1155	1150
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE 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 Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	Intel HD (Haswell)
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G540 and Celeron G1820TE.

PCIe version

2.0

3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

G540 outperforms G1820TE by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.76	0.66
Recency	4 September 2011	1 December 2013
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	54 Watt

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