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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $749
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MSRP in USD: $749
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 3950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 477 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 3950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 3% better in Alan Wake 2 than Ryzen 9 3950X - 122 vs 118 FPS
- Up to 63% cheaper than Ryzen 9 3950X - $184.0 vs $495.0
- Up to 64% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Ryzen 9 3950X - $1.51 vs $4.19 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3950X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 3950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 32 vs 12 threads
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
122
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.51/FPS
100%
Price, $
$184
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 9 3950X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3950X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Nov 25th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 16 |
| 12 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Ryzen 9 3950X
Alan Wake 2, 1920 x 1080, High
27 FPS
$42.93/FPS
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32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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$47.37/FPS
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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27 FPS
$42.56/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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27 FPS
$43.67/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
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16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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$44.78/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
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16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,209
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27 FPS
$47.74/FPS
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Core i5-11500
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