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In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 1258 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 6% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than Core i5-8600K - 189 vs 178 FPS
- Up to 33% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - £135.18 vs £202.18
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 12 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600K doesn't have integrated graphics
Horizon Zero Dawn
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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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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TOP 5 Games
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Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600K | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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