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Intel Core i7-3540M vs Intel Celeron 450

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-3540M
Rank 2 - 36 %
Intel Celeron 450
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-3540M
Rank 2 - 15 %
Intel Celeron 450
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-3540M
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
751
Intel Celeron 450
1C / 1T · 2.20 GHz
269
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-3540M
2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
1,647
Intel Celeron 450
1C / 1T · 2.20 GHz
269

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At a glance

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Intel Core i7-3540MIntel Celeron 450
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Celeron (165)
CPU groupIntel Core i 3000M (29)Intel Celeron 400 (4)
ArchitectureIvy Bridge HConroe (Core)
Technology22 nm65 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1023LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-3540MIntel Celeron 450
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 41 / 1
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 1x Core
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 2.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4000no iGPU
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 128 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology22 nm
Release dateQ1/2011

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP35 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-3540MIntel Celeron 450
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ1/2013Q3/2008
Release price346 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-3540M
Intel Core i7-3540M
2C / 4T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz
Intel Celeron 450
Intel Celeron 450
1C / 1T · 2.20 GHz

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