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In short — Core i7-11700K outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-11700K is 1126 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 53% cheaper than Core i7-11700K - £107.14 vs £226.48
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i7-11700K - 65 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700K
- Performs up to 30% better in War Thunder than Core i5-8500 - 232 vs 179 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
Buy for £107.14 on Amazon
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Intel Core i7-11700K (3.6 GHz, 16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
Buy for £226.48 on Amazon
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-11700K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
62.50563316809373%
Multi-Core
4844
49.398327554558435%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i7-11700K |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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