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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6700K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 2054 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6700K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 7% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i7-6700K - 236 vs 220 FPS
- Up to 18% cheaper than Core i7-6700K - £155.5 vs £188.88
- Up to 23% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Core i7-6700K - £0.66 vs £0.86 per FPS
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than Intel Core i7-6700K - 65 vs 91 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6700K - 12 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700K
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
236
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.66/FPS
100%
Price, £
£155.5
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Intel Core I7-6700K Processor (4 GHz, 8 M Cache, LGA1151)
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i7-6700K
Desktop • Aug 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11600 | vs | Intel Core i7-6700K |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Aug 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
12 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 91 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 40.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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