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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms Celeron G540 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 3775 days newer than Celeron G540.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 6600% better in Cities: Skylines II than Celeron G540 - 67 vs 1 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G540 - 24 vs 2 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
67
100%
Value, £/FPS
£6.3/FPS
100%
Price, £
£422
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Celeron G540
Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Celeron G540 | vs | Intel Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4th, 2011 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Celeron | Collection | Core i9 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 16 |
| 2 | Threads | 24 |
2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
25.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Celeron G540 or Core i9-12900
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
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Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£212.38/FPS
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Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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15 FPS
£284.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£121.56/FPS
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Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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