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Core i5-11500 vs Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i5-11500 vs Ryzen 9 7900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms Core i5-11500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 560 days newer than Core i5-11500.

Advantages of Core i5-11500

  • Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X

  • Performs up to 7% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than Core i5-11500 - 136 vs 127 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 24 vs 12 threads
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ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Core i5-11500

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021


FPS

127

93%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

136

100%

Value, $/FPS

$2.79/FPS

100%

Price, $

$379

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for $379 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Core i5-11500

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021

Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Core i5-11500

Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021


Single-Core

1996

68%

Multi-Core

7424

42%

Ryzen 9 7900X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2923

100%

Multi-Core

17849

100%

Core i5-11500

vs

Ryzen 9 7900X

Mar 16th, 2021Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Core i5CollectionRyzen 9
Rocket LakeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1200SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
12
12Threads
24
2.7 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.7 GHz
4.6 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.6 GHz
65 W
TDP170 W
14 nmProcess Size
5 nm
27.0xMultiplier
47.0x
UHD Graphics 750Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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