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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11400F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-6600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-6600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-11400F is 2084 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-6600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600
- Up to 32% cheaper than Core i5-11400F - $79.0 vs $115.99
- Up to 26% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i5-11400F - $0.34 vs $0.46 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 9% better in Sea of Thieves than Core i5-6600 - 253 vs 232 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600 - 12 vs 4 threads
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Intel Boxed Core I5-6600 FC-LGA14C 3.30 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56600
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
253
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.46/FPS
73%
Price, $
$115.99
68%
FPS 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
Mythical
Core i5-6600
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-6600 | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 3.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
27.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
UHD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-6600 or Core i5-11400F
Sea of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Mythical
94 FPS
$4.79/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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115 FPS
$9.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,082
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105 FPS
$10.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,115
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83 FPS
$8.29/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$687.99
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105 FPS
$8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$840
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124 FPS
$7.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$911
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124 FPS
$8.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,071.99
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119 FPS
$7.56/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$899.99
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115 FPS
$10.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$1,229.11
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83 FPS
$7.95/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$659.99
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