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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $1399
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 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 Threadripper 3960X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 5% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X - 118 vs 112 FPS
- Up to 86% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X - $184.0 vs $1300.0
- Up to 87% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X - $1.56 vs $11.61 per FPS
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X - 65 vs 280 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 48 vs 12 threads
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
118
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.56/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
Ultra
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Nov 25th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Castle Peak |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket TRX4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 24 |
| 12 | Threads | 48 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 280 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
54 FPS
$21.46/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,339
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$47.2/FPS
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Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,549
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54 FPS
$23.31/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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54 FPS
$23.69/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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54 FPS
$21.28/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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54 FPS
$21.83/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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54 FPS
$22.39/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,209
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54 FPS
$23.87/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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