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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 1258 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8400.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 53% better in League of Legends than Core i5-8400 - 241 vs 158 FPS
- Up to 12% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i5-8400 - CA$1.17 vs CA$1.33 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8400 - 12 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8400 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8400
- Up to 26% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - CA$210.0 vs CA$283.02
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
241
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$1.17/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$283.02
74%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores Up to 4.0 Ghz Lga 1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-8400
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | Intel Core i5-8400 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
12 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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