Conclusion Get the lowdown
Benchmarks Real world benchmarks
Features How it compares
Our Analysis Technical breakdown
Reviews Word on the street
Competition Others to consider
Discussion Answers and opinions

Full specs

Intel Celeron G540

from $45

2.5 GHz
Dual core

older Released July, 2011

but if you have the extra 30 bucks go with the G860 but all and all this is a great bang for the buck i got it for 45 bucks plus one day shipping total was 55.72 cant beat that price in the CPU world.

Rated 100% by by J.-Fields--PC-the-best (Mar, 2013)

Conclusion Check out the Intel Celeron G540

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores

Celeron G540

6.1

Core i3 3220

6.8

Pentium G2120

6.2

Passmark and GeekBench

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance

Celeron G540

7.9

Core i3 3220

9.0

Pentium G2120

8.6

Passmark (Single Core)

Overclocking

How much speed can you get out of the processor?

Celeron G540

7.0

Core i3 3220

7.8

Pentium G2120

7.4

Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 2 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?

Celeron G540

9.1

Core i3 3220

6.5

Pentium G2120

8.6

Performance Per Dollar

7.0

CPUBoss Score

Benchmarks The Intel Celeron G540 gets benchmarked

GeekBench

Intel Celeron G540

6,156

Celeron G540 6,156

Intel Celeron 847

2,032

Celeron 847 2,032

Intel Core i3 3220

9,017

Core i3 3220 9,017

browser.primatelabs.com

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

Intel Celeron G540

2,270

Celeron G540 2,270

Intel Core i3 3220

4,100

Core i3 3220 4,100

Intel Pentium G2120

3,910

Pentium G2120 3,910

community.futuremark.com

Passmark

Intel Celeron G540

2,341

Celeron G540 2,341

Intel Core i3 3220

4,229

Core i3 3220 4,229

Intel Celeron 847

1,015

Celeron 847 1,015

cpubenchmark.net

Passmark (Single Core)

Intel Celeron G540

1,280

Celeron G540 1,280

Intel Celeron 847

547

Celeron 847 547

Intel Core i3 3220

1,764

Core i3 3220 1,764

cpubenchmark.net

Features Key features of the Intel Celeron G540

clock speed

Celeron G5402.5 GHz

Celeron 8471.1 GHz

A4 53003.4 GHz

You can over-clock it to 2.60GHz if you want.

Celeron G540 by J.-Fields--PC-the-best (Mar, 2013)

It is like a high end core2duo and didn't people use to brag on them being great gaming processors?

Celeron G540 by poggy (Oct, 2012)

L2 cache

Intel Celeron G540

1 MB

Celeron G540 1 MB

Intel Core2 Duo E8400

6 MB

Core2 Duo E8400 6 MB

Intel Core i3 3220

1 MB

Core i3 3220 1 MB

L3 cache

Intel Celeron G540

2 MB

Celeron G540 2 MB

AMD A4 5300

0.5 MB

A4 5300 0.5 MB

Intel Core i3 3220

3 MB

Core i3 3220 3 MB

gpu clock speed

Celeron G540850 MHz

Celeron 847350 MHz

Core i3 3220650 MHz

Users who do a lot of video encoding/transcoding/compression may prefer a CPU with hyper-threading, which this one does not have. Some people may prefer more cores for certain games (like BF3), as this only has two, but my experience in games has been fantastic so far in tandem with the above-listed GPU.If you want to build a competent but inexpensive PC and are somewhat a power user and/or gamer, I think this.

Celeron G540 by Cojoe-Pavlik---CP

overclocked clock speed (air)

Celeron G5402.61 GHz

A4 53004.32 GHz

Celeron 8471.1 GHz

You can't overclock it and memory only works at 1.06 GHz, but the performance of this CPU is excellent given its price.

Celeron G540 by Papito (Jan, 2013)

I am accustomed to the i5-3570K overclocked to 4.00 GHz, so I didn't have much for expectations when it came to installation speeds under the G540.

Celeron G540 by J.-Jangula (Feb, 2013)

overclocked clock speed (water)

Celeron G5402.63 GHz

Celeron 8471.1 GHz

Core i3 32203.56 GHz

Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors

pros

Instruction-set-extensions

MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Supplemental SSE3
Quite good memory controller

Built-in
Socket type

LGA 1155
Low GPU clock speed

850 MHz
Quite good performance per dollar

17.62 pt/$

cons

Low clock speed

2.5 GHz
Not much l3 cache

2 MB
Not much l2 cache

1 MB
Isn't hyperthreaded

CPU cores will not be used to their full potential
Old manufacturing process

32 nms
Poor 3DMark11 physics score

2,270
Fewer processing threads

2
Fewer processing cores

2
Bad turbo clock speed

1,000 MHz
Poor PassMark score

2,341
Fewer number of displays supported

2
Poor GeekBench score

6,156
Bad overclocked clock speed (Air)

2.61 GHz
Poor PassMark (Single core) score

1,280
Doesn't support trusted computing

Less protection from viruses and malware
Quite less recently release date

Jul, 2011
Bad overclocked clock speed (Water)

2.63 GHz

full specs

Reviews Word on the street

	Rated 81% by 1 users at www.overclock.net I managed to squeeze an extra 100mhz, from 2.5 to 2.6 by increasing the bclk to 103 and a slight voltage increase. Rated 70% by by drnilly007 (Oct, 2012) Great price really helps too. Rated 70% by by drnilly007 (Oct, 2012) It performs well and uses a meager 20-22 watts while folding. Rated 70% by by drnilly007 (Oct, 2012)

	Rated 97% by 21 users at amazon.com UPD 2012-12-19 / after actually buying this Celeron CPU I started to wonder if I could get a better value for the money. Rated 100% by by A.-Odintsov (Nov, 2012) I do agree that a core i3,i5 and i7 are better for gaming and everything else, but on a budget this processor is extremely acceptable. Rated 100% by by poggy (Oct, 2012) They say its better to upgrade to an i7 for video editing but for the bucks, this Intel G540 is fast for a celeron. Rated 100% by by ruzZ (Mar, 2013)

Socket Type

The integrated video is fine for desktop environment; 4.9/4.5 WEI.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by poggy (Oct, 2012)

I coudn't believe that this will work very nicely on my barebone Alienware Aurora R3 system.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by ruzZ (Mar, 2013)

Actually my windows 8 with 6Gb SSD as system drive boots in 2 seconds (i.e. I can login 2 seconds after the boot start).

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by A.-Odintsov (Nov, 2012)

Socket

F@H pulls in a meager 1000-2500 ppd, but I dont leave my computer on when I'm not home so most likely 2x to 3x more.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 70% by by drnilly007 (Oct, 2012)

If you do something aside from game you might like an 8 or 10 core?

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by Jon-Blevins (Nov, 2012)

While it doesn't encode video as fast as my core i5 2500k it is also acceptable compared to old fashioned processors.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by poggy (Oct, 2012)

Applications

I have to say that I was impressed with how fast installing the OS and other applications was.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by J.-Jangula (Feb, 2013)

You can buy an AMD APU or this and a cheap video card, and this will blow it out of the water on games.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by Jon-Blevins (Nov, 2012)

If you want to game buy the g860 and if your just watching and browsing the web this is perfect.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by Christopher-Kuhn--Christopher-Kuhn (Jan, 2013)

Price

If this processor meets your needs, you won't beat the price.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by poggy (Oct, 2012)

My barbone unit came with a CPU fan so I can't comment on the fan, but the processor is a gem for the price.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by Christopher-L.-Guthrie (Dec, 2012)

You will not find a CPU anywhere that performs as good as this one does for the price.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by poggy (Oct, 2012)

Multicore

I first started looking to see whether there were any quad or triple core CPUs in my price range.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by TechNut (Sep, 2012)

While the Celeron G540 was only a dual core, it was released in 2011 and was a much newer processor than the triple and quad core AMD units in the same or somewhat higher price range.

Intel Celeron G540 | Rated 100% by by TechNut (Sep, 2012)