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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-4790S on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 2501 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-4790S.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 15% better in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i7-4790S - 141 vs 123 FPS
- Up to 28% cheaper than Core i7-4790S - $197.59 vs $274.5
- Up to 37% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i7-4790S - $1.4 vs $2.23 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-4790S - 12 vs 8 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Intel Core i7-4790S Processor (8M Cache, 3.2 GHz) BX80646I74790S
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Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
141
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.4/FPS
100%
Price, $
$197.59
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4790S | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| May 11th, 2014 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-4790S or Core i5-11500
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, 1920 x 1080, Epic
43 FPS
$26.95/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$29.28/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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43 FPS
$29.74/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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43 FPS
$26.72/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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43 FPS
$27.42/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$28.12/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,209
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$29.98/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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