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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 1258 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 12% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8600K - 164 vs 147 FPS
- Up to 7% cheaper than Core i5-8600K - $115.99 vs $125.09
- Up to 16% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8600K - $0.71 vs $0.85 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 12 vs 6 threads
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i5-8600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Unlocked LGA 1151 300 Series 95W
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
164
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.71/FPS
100%
Price, $
$115.99
100%
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 i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600K | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8600K or Core i5-11400F
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
108 FPS
$10.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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102 FPS
$10.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,115
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90 FPS
$7.64/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$687.99
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90 FPS
$7.33/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$659.99
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97 FPS
$4.64/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$449.99
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113 FPS
$8.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$911
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113 FPS
$7.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$899.99
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113 FPS
$9.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,071.99
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111 FPS
$8.11/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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108 FPS
$11.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$1,229.11
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