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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Celeron G540 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G540 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 3481 days newer than the cheaper Celeron G540.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 26% better in Sea of Thieves than Celeron G540 - 254 vs 202 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G540 - 12 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G540
- Up to 90% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $19.25 vs $184.0
- Up to 86% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i5-11500 - $0.1 vs $0.72 per FPS
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Intel Celeron G540 CPU Used 2-Core 2-Thread Desktop Processor 2.5 GHz 2M 65W LGA1155
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Celeron G540
Desktop • Sep 4th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | Intel Celeron G540 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 4th, 2011 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 2 |
2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
27.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD (Sandy Bridge) |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Celeron G540
Sea of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Mythical
104 FPS
$11.14/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,159
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104 FPS
$12.39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,289
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104 FPS
$12.88/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,339
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104 FPS
$24.51/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,549
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104 FPS
$12.11/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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104 FPS
$12.3/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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104 FPS
$11.05/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
In Stock
104 FPS
$11.34/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
In Stock
104 FPS
$11.62/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,209
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104 FPS
$12.39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,289
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