Intel Celeron G540 - CM8062301046804 / BX80623G540 / BXC80623G540

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Specifications

According to leaked slides from Intel roadmap, dated by March 2011, Celeron G540 will be launched in Q3 2011 together with two other Celerons - G440 and G530. This CPU will use Sandy Bridge core, and that is the only thing known about it. The G540 is intended as a replacement for dual-core Celeron E3500, which was built on three-generation older Wolfdale core.

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Intel Celeron G540 specifications

General information

Type

CPU / Microprocessor

Market segment

Desktop

Family

Intel Celeron Dual-Core

Model number ?

G540

CPU part numbers

CM8062301046804 is an OEM/tray microprocessor
BX80623G540 is a boxed processor (English version)
BXC80623G540 is a boxed processor (Chinese version)

Frequency ?

2500 MHz

Bus speed ?

5 GT/s DMI

Clock multiplier ?

Package

1155-land Flip-Chip Land Grid Array

Socket

Socket 1155 / H2 / LGA1155

Size

1.48" x 1.48" / 3.75cm x 3.75cm

Weight

0.9oz / 26.8g (CPU)
11.2oz / 317.7g (box)

Fan/heatsink

E97379-001

Introduction date

September 4, 2011

Price at introduction

$52

S-spec numbers

	Production processors
Part number	SR05J
BX80623G540	+
BXC80623G540	+
CM8062301046804	+

Architecture / Microarchitecture

Microarchitecture

Sandy Bridge

Processor core ?

Sandy Bridge

Core stepping ?

Q0 (SR05J)

Manufacturing process

0.032 micron High-K metal gate process

Data width

64 bit

The number of cores

The number of threads

Floating Point Unit

Integrated

Level 1 cache size ?

2 x 32 KB instruction caches
2 x 32 KB data caches

Level 2 cache size ?

2 x 256 KB

Level 3 cache size

Shared 2 MB

Cache latency

4 (L1 cache)
12 (L2 cache)
27 (L3 cache)

Physical memory

32 GB

Multiprocessing

Uniprocessor

Features

MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 ?
EM64T / Extended Memory 64 technology / Intel 64 ?
NX / XD / Execute disable bit ?
VT-x / Virtualization technology ?

Low power features

Enhanced SpeedStep technology ?

Integrated peripherals / components

Integrated graphics

GPU Type: HD (Sandy Bridge)
Base frequency (MHz): 850
Maximum frequency (MHz): 1000

Memory controller

The number of controllers: 1
Memory channels: 2
Supported memory: DDR3-1066

Other peripherals

Direct Media Interface
PCI Express 2.0 interface

Electrical / Thermal parameters

Maximum operating temperature ?

69.1°C

Thermal Design Power ?

65 Watt

Notes on Intel CM8062301046804

Also available as an embedded microprocessor

CPUs, related to Intel Celeron G540

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. Turbo
freq. L3
cache TDP Features Price

Intel Celeron Dual-Core family, Socket 1155

   Celeron G440 1 / 1 1.6 GHz 1 MB 35 Watt ESS

   Celeron G460 1 / 2 1.8 GHz 1.5 MB 35 Watt HT, ESS

   Celeron G465 1 / 2 1.9 GHz 1.5 MB 35 Watt HT, ESS

   Celeron G470 1 / 2 2 GHz 1.5 MB 35 Watt HT, ESS $37

   Celeron G530T 2 / 2 2 GHz 2 MB 35 Watt ESS

   Celeron G540T 2 / 2 2.1 GHz 2 MB 35 Watt ESS

   Celeron G550T 2 / 2 2.2 GHz 2 MB 35 Watt ESS

   Celeron G1610T 2 / 2 2.3 GHz 2 MB 35 Watt ESS $42

   Celeron G530 2 / 2 2.4 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt ESS

   Celeron G540 2 / 2 2.5 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt ESS

   Celeron G1610 2 / 2 2.6 GHz 2 MB 55 Watt ESS $42

   Celeron G550 2 / 2 2.6 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt ESS

   Celeron G1620 2 / 2 2.7 GHz 2 MB 55 Watt ESS $52

   Celeron G555 2 / 2 2.7 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt ESS

Other families, Sandy Bridge micro-architecture, Socket 1155

   Pentium G645 2 / 2 2.9 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt ESS

   Pentium G860 2 / 2 3 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt ESS

   Pentium G870 2 / 2 3.1 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt ESS

   Core i3-2120 2 / 4 3.3 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt AVX, HT, ESS

   Core i3-2125 2 / 4 3.3 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt AVX, HT, ESS

   Core i3-2130 2 / 4 3.4 GHz 3 MB 65 Watt AVX, HT, ESS

   Core i5-2500 4 / 4 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, TXT, ESS, TBT

   Core i5-2550K 4 / 4 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, ESS, TBT, Unlock

   Core i7-2600 4 / 8 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, HT, TXT, ESS, TBT

   Core i7-2700K 4 / 8 3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt AES, AVX, HT, ESS, TBT, Unlock

• Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Celeron G540

• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

• The 'Price' column shows official Intel prices as of Jun 9, 2013. Prices for obsolete and tray-only processors are not provided.

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

• Features abbreviations:

AES - AES instructions
AVX - AVX instructions
HT - Hyper-Threading
TXT - Trusted Execution
ESS - PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep
TBT - Dynamic Acceleration / Turbo Boost
Unlock - Unlocked multiplier

FAQ

Q: I have an Intel G540 microprocessor. Is it possible to upgrade it?

A: Probably yes. Processor compatibility is determined by your motherboard. Please check CPU-Upgrade.com resource for CPU support list for your board.

Intel G540 Overclocking

Sorry, overclocking information is not available at this time.

Pictures (3)


Celeron G540 CPU pictures
2011-11-03 02:19:40 Posted by: gshv
Top view. The processor has S-Spec number SR05J, and it was manufactured at the end of May / beginning of June 2011.


2011-11-03 02:20:06 Posted by: gshv
Bottom view


2011-11-10 12:53:55 Posted by: gshv
CPU-Z screenshot

News

Intel plans to discontinue 28 desktop microprocessors

Feb 06, 2013: Intel this week announced plans to retire 28 Sandy Bridge desktop CPUs from Celeron, Pentium, Core i3 and Core i5 families. After successful transition of budget desktop microprocessors from Sandy Bridge to Ivy Bridge microarchitecture, it's not surprising to see all phased out parts to be end of lifed.

Intel launches new Celerons, refreshes Pentium and Core families

Sep 04, 2011: Over the course of past few months, we published a series of stories detailing Intel plans to release new desktop Celeron processors, and refresh existing Pentium and Core-branded families. Today Intel made public new pricelist, that confirms specifications and prices of all models, that we reported on before.

Prices of upcoming Intel desktop CPUs

Jul 27, 2011: In September, Intel plans to release new Sandy Bridge Celeron processors, as well as refresh budget and mid-class desktop processor families. In total, there will be 11 models: four Celerons, three Pentiums, three Core 3s, and one Core i5 SKU. Specifications of these microprocessors were known for quite some time. Prices for several Celeron and Core i3 chips were published by Fudzilla news site in June. Three days ago, VR-Zone revealed prices for other upcoming Celeron, Pentium and Core i3 CPUs.

Intel Celeron G440, G530 and G540 specifications

May 11, 2011: One month ago we published a story about three new Celeron "Sandy Bridge" microprocessors, planned for the third quarter 2011. The Celerons with processor numbers G440, G530 and G540 were revealed by leaked roadmap slide, posted by mydrivers.com, but no other information about these models was available at the time. We now have basic specifications of these Celeron parts, including core frequencies and some CPU features.

Intel Celeron Sandy Bridge CPUs to launch in Q3 2011

Apr 07, 2011: With the launch of Sandy Bridge micro-architecture in January of this year, Intel is gradually updating their desktop families beginning from the most expensive ones. The first Sandy Bridge CPUs were introduced for Core i7 and Core i5 families, and more Core i3 SKUs were added in February. Pentium SB parts with processor numbers G620, G620T, G840 and G850 will be available this quarter. According to slides we've seen, Intel is going to launch three Celeron Sandy Bridge models G440, G530 and G540 in the third quarter.

Benchmarks

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Intel G540 benchmarks

The graphs below show up to 10 processors with aproximately the same level of performance in different types of applications. All processors were tested at nominal frequency (not overclocked), with stock heatsink and default BIOS settings. To see how the G540 compares to other CPUs please see benchmark tools section above.

Benchmarked processor

CPU ID: 206A7

CPU vendor string: GenuineIntel

CPU name string: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G540 @ 2.50GHz

Integer performance

Part number Result

Intel Celeron G550 ?

104.3%

Intel Pentium G620 ?

104.3%

Intel Pentium E5400 ?

101.7%

Intel Celeron E3500 ?

101.6%

Intel Pentium 2.53 GHz ?

101%

Intel Celeron G540 ?

100%

Intel Pentium E5300 ?

97.9%

Intel Celeron E3400 ?

97.7%

Intel Celeron G530 ?

96.1%

Intel Pentium E5200 ?

94.1%

Intel Celeron E3300 ?

94.1%

Floating Point performance

Part number Result

AMD A4-3400 ?

102.2%

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ (65 W, BE) ?

101.6%

AMD Athlon X2 7750 (BE) ?

101%

Intel Celeron E3500 ?

100.4%

Intel Pentium E5400 ?

100.3%

Intel Celeron G540 ?

100%

Intel Pentium E5300 ?

96.8%

Intel Celeron E3400 ?

96.7%

Intel Celeron G530 ?

95.9%

AMD A4-3300 ?

95%

AMD A4-3300 (HX) ?

94.8%

MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance

Part number Result

Intel Celeron G550 ?

104.2%

Intel Pentium G620 ?

104.2%

Intel Pentium E5300 ?

103.1%

Intel Celeron E3400 ?

101.9%

Intel Pentium 2.53 GHz ?

100.5%

Intel Celeron G540 ?

100%

Intel Pentium E5200 ?

99.1%

Intel Celeron E3300 ?

98.1%

AMD Athlon X2 7850 ?

96.3%

AMD A4-3400 (HX) ?

96.1%

Intel Celeron G530 ?

96.1%

Memory-intensive program performance

Part number Result

Intel Pentium G630 ?

111.9%

Intel Pentium G620 ?

108.9%

Intel Celeron G1620 ?

108.5%

Intel Celeron G1610 ?

105.3%

Intel Celeron G550 ?

102.7%

Intel Celeron G540 ?

100%

Intel Pentium G630T ?

99.5%

Intel Celeron G530 ?

97.6%

Intel Pentium G620T ?

96.5%

Intel Pentium G6950 ?

93.3%

Intel Pentium E6800 ?

89.6%

CPU ID (2)

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CPUID features of Intel G540

NOTE: The CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the Intel Celeron Dual-Core G540 CPU.

Manufacturer:	Intel
CPU Family:	Celeron Dual-Core
Processor Number:	G540
Frequency:	2494 MHz

Part number:	CM8062301046804
S-Spec Number:
Comment:
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General information
Vendor:	GenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS):	Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G540 @ 2.50GHz
Cores:	2
Logical processors:	2
Processor type:	Original OEM Processor
CPUID signature:	206A7
Family:	6 (06h)
Model:	42 (02Ah)
Stepping:	7 (07h)
TLB/Cache details:	64-byte Prefetching Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries

Cache: L1 data L1 instruction L2 L3

Size: 2 x 32 KB 2 x 32 KB 2 x 256 KB 2 MB

Associativity: 8-way set
associative 8-way set
associative 8-way set
associative 8-way set
associative

Line size: 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes

Comments: Direct-mapped Direct-mapped Non-inclusive
Direct-mapped Inclusive
Shared between all cores

Instruction set extensions Additional instructions

MMX CLFLUSH

SSE CMOV

SSE2 CMPXCHG16B

SSE3 CMPXCHG8B

SSSE3 FXSAVE/FXRSTORE

SSE4.1 MONITOR/MWAIT

SSE4.2 PCLMULDQ

POPCNT

RDTSCP

SYSENTER/SYSEXIT

XSAVE / XRESTORE states

XSETBV / XGETBV are enabled

Major features Other features

On-chip Floating Point Unit 36-bit page-size extensions

64-bit / Intel 64 64-bit debug store

NX bit/XD-bit Advanced programmable interrupt controller

Intel Virtualization CPL qualified debug store

Enhanced SpeedStep Debug store

Debugging extensions

Digital Thermal Sensor capability

LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode

Machine check architecture

Machine check exception

Memory-type range registers

Model-specific registers

Page attribute table

Page global extension

Page-size extensions (4MB pages)

Pending break enable

Perfmon and Debug capability

Physical address extensions

Power Limit Notification capability

Process context identifiers

Self-snoop

TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states

Thermal monitor

Thermal monitor 2

Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities

Time stamp counter

Timestamp counter deadline

Virtual 8086-mode enhancements

xTPR Update Control

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Last modified: 14 Jun 2013