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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700 is 1126 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 20% cheaper than Core i7-11700 - $173.85 vs $216.49
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700
- Performs up to 96% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-8500 - 53 vs 27 FPS
- Up to 37% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-8500 - $4.08 vs $6.43 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
53
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.08/FPS
100%
Price, $
$216.49
80%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i7-11700 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
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Core i7-11700
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Core i7-11700
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Core i7-11700
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Core i7-11700
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