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In short, we have a clear winner — Celeron G1820 outperforms the more expensive Core i3-540 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Celeron G1820 is 1424 days newer than the more expensive Core i3-540.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-540
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G1820 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G1820
- Performs up to 3% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i3-540 - 89 vs 86 FPS
- Up to 23% cheaper than Core i3-540 - $46.41 vs $60.0
- Up to 26% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i3-540 - $0.52 vs $0.7 per FPS
- Consumes up to 27% less energy than Intel Core i3-540 - 53 vs 73 Watts
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i3 Processor i3-540 3.06GHz 4MB LGA1156 CPU BX80616I3540
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Celeron G1820
Desktop • Dec 1st, 2013
FPS
89
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.52/FPS
100%
Price, $
$46.41
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel CPU BX80646G1820 Celeron G1820 2.70GHz 2M LGA1150 2C/2T Haswell
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i3-540
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Celeron G1820
Desktop • Dec 1st, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-540 | vs | Intel Celeron G1820 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 7th, 2010 | Release Date | Dec 1st, 2013 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Celeron |
| Clarkdale | Codename | Haswell |
| Intel Socket 1156 | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 73 W | TDP | 53 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 23.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Haswell) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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