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In short — Pentium G3420 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G540 on the selected game parameters. However, both CPUs are the same in terms of value. The better performing Pentium G3420 is 728 days newer than the cheaper Celeron G540.
Advantages of Intel Celeron G540
- Up to 9% cheaper than Pentium G3420 - $19.25 vs $21.1
Advantages of Intel Pentium G3420
- Performs up to 11% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Celeron G540 - 253 vs 228 FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than Intel Celeron G540 - 53 vs 65 Watts
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Celeron G540 CPU Used 2-Core 2-Thread Desktop Processor 2.5 GHz 2M 65W LGA1155
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Intel Pentium G3420 3.2 GHz Used Dual-Core CPU Processor 3M 53W LGA 1150
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Celeron G540
Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011
Pentium G3420
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Celeron G540 | vs | Intel Pentium G3420 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2013 |
| Celeron | Collection | Pentium |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
| 2 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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