Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Celeron 540 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Is the Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: PGA478

Clockspeed: 1.9 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 1

Typical TDP: 30 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 1024 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 540 @ 1.86GHz, Intel Celeron CPU 540 @ 1.86GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 14.56

Overall Rank:
4854th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
4344th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
1343rd fastest in out of 1491 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $20.95 USD (2021-08-30)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

305

Single Thread Rating

550

^%
Samples: 75*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 536
Thread: 666

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz

Integer Math	898 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	723 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	1 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	949 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	101.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	6,935 KBytes/Sec
Physics	41 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	101 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	550 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,836
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,070
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,255
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,732
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,652
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,697
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,546
Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz		305

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.81
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.89
Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz		14.56
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.14
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,048
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,026
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,915
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,645
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,631
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,599
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,407
Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz		550

Last 4 Baselines for Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1906823 - Sep 18 2023		270
BL5034042 - Mar 09 2023		407
BL1429526 - Jul 22 2021		256
BL1326225 - Nov 21 2020		244

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz		305
AMD Turion 64 Mobile ML-37 vs Intel Celeron 540		334 (+9.6%)
AMD Sempron SI-42 vs Intel Celeron 540		245 (-19.8%)
AMD Sempron SI-40 vs Intel Celeron 540		288 (-5.5%)
Intel Celeron 900 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Celeron 540		412 (+35.1%)
Intel Core Duo T2400 @ 1.83GHz vs Intel Celeron 540		362 (+18.8%)
AMD Turion 64 Mobile MK-38 vs Intel Celeron 540		362 (+18.8%)
AMD Turion 64 Mobile MK-36 vs Intel Celeron 540		334 (+9.4%)
AMD Turion 64 Mobile ML-34 vs Intel Celeron 540		319 (+4.7%)
Mobile AMD Sempron 3300+ vs Intel Celeron 540		294 (-3.6%)
AMD Turion 64 Mobile ML-32 vs Intel Celeron 540		285 (-6.7%)
Mobile AMD Sempron 3600+ vs Intel Celeron 540		284 (-6.8%)
AMD Turion 64 Mobile ML-30 vs Intel Celeron 540		277 (-9.3%)

Is the Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,768
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,896
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,170
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,056
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,674
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,053
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,027
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,846
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,783
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,763
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,759
Intel Celeron 540 @ 1.86GHz		116

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