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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 514 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10900X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11600 - 20 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 9% better in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i9-10900X - 144 vs 132 FPS
- Up to 72% cheaper than Core i9-10900X - £155.5 vs £564.99
- Up to 75% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i9-10900X - £1.08 vs £4.28 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 65 vs 165 Watts
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
CPU Intel Core i9-10900X 2066 Cascade BX
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Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
144
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.08/FPS
100%
Price, £
£155.5
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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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i9-10900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-10900X | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2019 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i9 Extreme | Collection | Core i5 |
| Cascade Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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