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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600K outperforms the more expensive Core i3-10300 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600K is 320 days newer than the more expensive Core i3-10300.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-10300
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i5-11600K - 65 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600K
- Performs up to 11% better in World of Warcraft than Core i3-10300 - 208 vs 188 FPS
- Up to 1% cheaper than Core i3-10300 - £169.99 vs £170.99
- Up to 10% better value when playing World of Warcraft than Core i3-10300 - £0.82 vs £0.91 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-10300 - 12 vs 8 threads
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Intel® Core™ i3-10300 Desktop Processor 4 Cores up to 4.4 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Core i5-11600K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
208
100%
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£0.82/FPS
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£169.99
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-11600K (3.9 GHz / 4.9 GHz, 12M Cache)
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Core i3-10300
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Core i5-11600K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i3-10300 | vs | Intel Core i5-11600K |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 39.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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