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In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 320 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10900K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 4% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Core i9-10900K - 143 vs 138 FPS
- Up to 68% cheaper than Core i9-10900K - $150.0 vs $469.99
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900K - 65 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900K
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 20 vs 12 threads
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 Core i9-10900K Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 5.3 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9-10900K
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | Intel Core i9-10900K |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 10 |
| 12 | Threads | 20 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.3 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Core i9-10900K
Dying Light 2: Stay Human, 1920 x 1080, High Quality Raytracing
54 FPS
$40.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i9-10900K
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$2,199.99
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65 FPS
$90.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Core i9-10900K
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$5,886
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2 FPS
$729.5/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,459
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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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138 FPS
$33.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-10900K
32 GB, 8 TB HDD
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$4,649.99
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