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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-6600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 2084 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-6600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 5% better in Elden Ring than Core i5-6600K - 128 vs 122 FPS
- Up to 3% cheaper than Core i5-6600K - £134.99 vs £138.88
- Up to 8% better value when playing Elden Ring than Core i5-6600K - £1.05 vs £1.14 per FPS
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than Intel Core i5-6600K - 65 vs 91 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600K - 12 vs 4 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-6600K doesn't have integrated graphics
Elden Ring
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1920 x 1080
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Intel Core I5-6600K Processor (3.5 GHz, 6 M Cache, LGA1151)
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Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
128
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£1.05/FPS
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£134.99
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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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Core i5-6600K
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6600K | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 91 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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