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Intel Celeron 3205U vs Intel Core i5-2540M

Last updated: 2026-01-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 52 %

Intel Celeron 3205U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2540M

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 43 %

Intel Celeron 3205U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2540M

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

287

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

559

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

480

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

1,216

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

320

2C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

615

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

621

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

1,414

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)

154

Intel HD Graphics 3000

250

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

348

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

723

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i5-2540M
Family	Intel Celeron (165)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Celeron 3000 (10)	Intel Core i 2000M (46)
Architecture	Kaby Lake U	Sandy Bridge H
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1168	BGA 1023
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i5-2540M
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2	2 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	2x
Frequency:	1.50 GHz	2.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		3.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	2.00 MB	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i5-2540M
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)	Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency	0.10 - 0.80 GHz	0.65 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	12 / 96
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	14 nm	32 nm
Release date	Q1/2015	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i5-2540M
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i5-2540M
Memory	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 12	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i5-2540M
TDP	15 W	35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	105 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3205U	Intel Core i5-2540M
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q1/2015	Q1/2011
Release price		269 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Celeron 3205U is 2.8 stars (9 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2540M has received 4.3 stars (6 ratings).

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Intel Celeron 3205U
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-2540M
2C / 4T · 2.60 - 3.30 GHz

★★★★★