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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600KF outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600KF is 1292 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7980XE.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600KF
- Performs up to 20% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i9-7980XE - 147 vs 123 FPS
- Up to 87% cheaper than Core i9-7980XE - $165.86 vs $1286.0
- Up to 89% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i9-7980XE - $1.13 vs $10.46 per FPS
- Consumes up to 24% less energy than Intel Core i9-7980XE - 125 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11600KF - 36 vs 12 threads
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-11600KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
147
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.13/FPS
100%
Price, $
$165.86
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600KF Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.9 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-11600KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9-7980XE
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-11600KF | vs | Intel Core i9-7980XE |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 18 |
| 12 | Threads | 36 |
3.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
125 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
39.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11600KF or Core i9-7980XE
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, 1920 x 1080, Very High
51 FPS
$22.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11600KF
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$27.43/FPS
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Core i5-11600KF
16 GB, 1 TB HDD
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$32.74/FPS
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Core i5-11600KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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