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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 1126 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 9% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i5-8500 - 143 vs 131 FPS
- Up to 4% better value when playing Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i5-8500 - $1.29 vs $1.34 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 12 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 5% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $174.96 vs $184.0
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
143
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.29/FPS
100%
Price, $
$184
95%
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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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
12 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Core i5-8500
Dying Light 2: Stay Human, 1920 x 1080, High Quality Raytracing
2 FPS
$579.5/FPS
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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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$639.5/FPS
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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$574.5/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$589.5/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,209
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$644.5/FPS
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Core i5-11500
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