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Core i5-6500 vs Core i9-10900

Core i5-6500 vs Core i9-10900: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-10900 outperforms Core i5-6500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-10900 is 1764 days newer than Core i5-6500.

Advantages of Core i9-10900

  • Performs up to 3% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than Core i5-6500 - 125 vs 121 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6500 - 20 vs 4 threads
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ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Core i5-6500 Logo
Core i5-6500

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


FPS

121

97%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i9-10900 Logo
Core i9-10900

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


FPS

125

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.39/FPS

100%

Price, €

€423.77

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-10900 (Base Clock: 2.80GHz; Socket: LGA1200; 65 Watt) Box BX8070110900

Buy for 423.77 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 252 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Intel Core i5-6500 Logo
Core i5-6500

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015

Intel Core i9-10900 Logo
Core i9-10900

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-6500 Logo
Core i5-6500

Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015


Single-Core

1177

69%

Multi-Core

3217

38%

Intel Core i9-10900 Logo
Core i9-10900

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


Single-Core

1704

100%

Multi-Core

8421

100%

Intel Core i5-6500 Logo

Core i5-6500

vs
Intel Core i9-10900 Logo

Core i9-10900

Jul 2nd, 2015
Apr 30th, 2020
Core i5Core i9
SkylakeComet Lake
Intel Socket 1151Intel Socket 1200
Desktop
Desktop
4
10
4
20
3.2 GHz
2.8 GHz
3.6 GHz
5.2 GHz
65 W65 W
14 nm14 nm
32.0x
28.0x
HD Graphics 530UHD Graphics 630
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PCs Using Core i5-6500 or Core i9-10900

With selected game settings

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