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Celeron G540 vs Core i5-2500K

Celeron G540 vs Core i5-2500K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-2500K outperforms Celeron G540 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-2500K is 238 days older than Celeron G540.

Advantages of Intel Celeron G540

  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 65 vs 95 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K

  • Performs up to 1% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Celeron G540 - 299 vs 296 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G540 - 4 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Forza Horizon 4.
Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4

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Intel Celeron G540 Logo
Celeron G540

Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011


FPS

296

98.99665551839465%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


FPS

299

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€414.81

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5 2nd generation Intel® Core(TM) i5-2500K Processor (6M Cache, 3.30 GHz)

Buy for 414.81 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 76742 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

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Intel Celeron G540 Logo
Celeron G540

Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Celeron G540 Logo
Celeron G540

Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011


Single-Core

396

61.30030959752322%

Multi-Core

679

35.346173867777196%

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


Single-Core

646

100%

Multi-Core

1921

100%

Intel Celeron G540 Logo

Intel Celeron G540

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Intel Core i5-2500K Logo

Intel Core i5-2500K

Sep 4th, 2011
Release DateJan 9th, 2011
CeleronCollectionCore i5
Sandy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1155
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
4
2Threads
4
2.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed3.7 GHz
65 W
TDP95 W
32 nmProcess Size32 nm
25.0xMultiplier
33.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 3000
NoOverclockable
Yes

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