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General information Core2 Duo E8500 Celeron G540
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Celeron
Core Family Name Wolfdale Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 21.9 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 2 0 % 2 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 1 × 6 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Duo E8500 Celeron G540
Overall Score 30110 0 % 29576 1.8 %
Future Proof 10 % 63 % 27 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 822 0 % 765 6.9 %
Single Thread Score 1306.8 0 % 1148.6 12.1 %
Encrypting Data 1764.4 MB/s 0 % 1626.1 MB/s 7.8 %
Compressing Data 26 MB/s 0 % 23.1 MB/s 11 %
String objects sorting 3612.1 thousand/s 0 % 3185.5 thousand/s 11.8 %
Prime numbers generation 9.9 millions/s 0 % 7.9 millions/s 20.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 5407.8 millions/s 0 % 4734.2 millions/s 12.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3241.3 millions/s 0 % 2706.9 millions/s 16.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Duo E8500, Celeron G540.

Average frames per second Core2 Duo E8500 Celeron G540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 44.0 FPS 42.5 FPS
High settings 70.3 FPS 67.9 FPS
Medium settings 87.9 FPS 84.9 FPS
Low settings 109.9 FPS 106.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.4 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core2 Duo E8500 Celeron G540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.3 FPS 102.4 FPS
High settings 165.3 FPS 163.8 FPS
Medium settings 206.6 FPS 204.8 FPS
Low settings 258.2 FPS 256.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %
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