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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $87
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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium G6950 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 4086 days newer than the cheaper Pentium G6950.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 27% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Pentium G6950 - 143 vs 113 FPS
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Pentium G6950 - 65 vs 73 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium G6950 - 12 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium G6950
- Up to 81% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $37.5 vs $195.0
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 Pentium G6950 Processor 2.8GHz 3 MB Cache Socket LGA1156
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Pentium G6950
Desktop • Jan 7th, 2010
Single-Core
324
16.23246492985972%
Multi-Core
517
6.963900862068965%
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | Intel Pentium G6950 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 7th, 2010 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Clarkdale |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1156 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 2 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
65 W | TDP | 73 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
27.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Pentium G6950
Dying Light 2: Stay Human, 1920 x 1080, High Quality Raytracing
2 FPS
$729.5/FPS
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Core i5-11500
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$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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$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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2 FPS
$589.5/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$604.5/FPS
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Core i5-11500
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