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Intel Celeron N4500 vs Intel Core i3-540
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Celeron N4500
100 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Celeron N4500
82 %
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Celeron N4500
100 %
2C / 2T · 2.80 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
81 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Celeron N4500
94 %
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-540
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.06 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Celeron N4500
100 %
Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Jasper Lake)
Intel Core i3-540
18 %
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N4500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Celeron (165) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Intel Celeron N4000/N5000 (6) | Intel Core i3 500 (4) |
| Architecture | Jasper Lake | Clarkdale |
| Technology | 10 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Desktop |
| Socket | BGA 1338 | LGA 1156 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N4500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 2 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Tremont | 2x |
| Frequency: | 1.10 GHz | 3.06 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 2.80 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.40 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.50 MB | 0.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N4500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Jasper Lake) | Intel HD Graphics (Westmere) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 0.75 GHz | 0.50 - 0.73 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 128 | 12 / 24 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2021 | Q1/2010 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Celeron N4500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N4500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s) DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 8 | 2.0 x 16 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 7.9 GB/s | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N4500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 73 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 20 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 4.8 W | |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Celeron N4500 | Intel Core i3-540 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 |
| Release date | Q1/2021 | Q1/2010 |
| Release price | 117 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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