Intel Celeron G540T: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
Summary
Intel started Celeron G540T sales 4 September 2011. This is a Sandy Bridge architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.1 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1155 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 0.74% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
General info
Celeron G540T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2542 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) | |
| Release date | 4 September 2011 (12 years old) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | of 36864 (Apple M2 Max) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 131 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 65 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 504 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron G540T compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCLGA1155 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Celeron G540T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| AES-NI | - | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Flex Memory Access | + | |
| FDI | + | |
| Fast Memory Access | + | |
| Status | Discontinued |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | - | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Celeron G540T's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 17 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Celeron G540T.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors | |
| Quick Sync Video | - | |
| Clear Video HD | - | |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | |
| InTru 3D | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G540T's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Celeron G540T. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Celeron G540T performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Celeron G540T is Phenom II X2 B53, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Celeron G540T, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Celeron G540T in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 8 configurations based on Celeron G540T in our database.
