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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-6500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-6500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 2084 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-6500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 13% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i5-6500 - 143 vs 127 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6500 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Up to 79% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $39.5 vs $184.0
- Up to 76% better value when playing Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i5-11500 - $0.31 vs $1.29 per FPS
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
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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Intel CPU Core i5-6500 3.20GHz Quad-Core Socket LGA1151 Processor SR2L6
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Core i5-6500
Dying Light 2: Stay Human, 1920 x 1080, High Quality Raytracing
1 FPS
$729.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$729.99
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1 FPS
$649.99/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$649.99
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2 FPS
$579.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,159
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2 FPS
$644.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,289
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2 FPS
$669.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,339
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2 FPS
$1274.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,549
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2 FPS
$629.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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2 FPS
$639.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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2 FPS
$574.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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2 FPS
$589.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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