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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700F is 1126 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700F
- Performs up to 59% better in League of Legends than Core i5-8500 - 258 vs 162 FPS
- Up to 3% better value when playing League of Legends than Core i5-8500 - £1.01 vs £1.04 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 35% cheaper than Core i7-11700F - £168.88 vs £261.16
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-11700F doesn't have integrated graphics
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
258
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.01/FPS
100%
Price, £
£261.16
64%
FPS and Value Winner
CORE I7-11700F 2.50GHZ CHIP
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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-11700F | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-11700F or Core i5-8500
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
238 FPS
£3.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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