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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-2550K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 3333 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-2550K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2550K
- Up to 15% cheaper than Core i5-11400F - $99.0 vs $115.99
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 28% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-2550K - 143 vs 112 FPS
- Up to 8% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-2550K - $0.81 vs $0.88 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2550K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2550K - 12 vs 4 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
BX80623I52550K Intel Core i5 Quad-core i5-2550K 3.4GHz Desktop Processor BX80623I52550K
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
143
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.81/FPS
100%
Price, $
$115.99
85%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.4 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-2550K
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2550K | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30th, 2012 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-2550K or Core i5-11400F
Grand Theft Auto V, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
84 FPS
$12.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,082
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64 FPS
$10.75/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$687.99
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78 FPS
$14.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,115
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78 FPS
$10.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$840
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71 FPS
$6.34/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$449.99
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89 FPS
$10.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$927.27
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89 FPS
$12.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,071.99
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87 FPS
$10.34/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$899.99
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84 FPS
$14.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$1,229.11
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89 FPS
$10.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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