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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-11900F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8600K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-11900F is 1258 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900F
- Performs up to 12% better in Dota 2 than Core i5-8600K - 236 vs 210 FPS
- 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 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K
- Up to 12% cheaper than Core i9-11900F - £202.18 vs £228.97
- Up to 1% better value when playing Dota 2 than Core i9-11900F - £0.96 vs £0.97 per FPS
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
236
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.97/FPS
98%
Price, £
£228.97
88%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
FPS
210
88%
Value, £/FPS
£0.96/FPS
100%
Price, £
£202.18
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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Updated 7537 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900F | vs | Intel Core i5-8600K |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Oct 5th, 2017 |
| Core i9 | 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 | 3.6 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-11900F or Core i5-8600K
Dota 2, 1920 x 1080, Best Looking
211 FPS
£6.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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166 FPS
£5.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£914.99
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236 FPS
£12.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£2,843.95
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211 FPS
£6.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,429.95
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