Buy on Amazon
£134.99
In Stock
Availability
Availability
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $449
Availability
MSRP in USD: $449
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-11500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-11500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 5800X is 131 days older than the cheaper Core i5-11500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Up to 22% cheaper than Ryzen 7 5800X - £134.99 vs £173.0
- Up to 18% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Ryzen 7 5800X - £0.96 vs £1.17 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 5800X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- Performs up to 5% better in Far Cry 6 than Core i5-11500 - 148 vs 141 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 16 vs 12 threads
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
141
95%
Value, £/FPS
£0.96/FPS
100%
Price, £
£134.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
Buy for £134.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 86 minutes ago
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Processor (8C/16T, 36MB Cache, Up to 4.7 GHz Max Boost)
Buy for £173 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 86 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Ryzen 7 5800X
Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
118 FPS
£9.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
Buy on Amazon
£1,087.97
In Stock
95 FPS
£10.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,032.99
In Stock
118 FPS
£19.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
Buy on Amazon
£2,289.95
In Stock
118 FPS
£15.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
Buy on Amazon
£1,819.95
In Stock
118 FPS
£17.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
Buy on Amazon
£2,009.95
In Stock
Similar CPU Comparisons
Select from the most popular similar processor comparisons. Most compared processor combinations, including the currently selected ones, are at the top.
