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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6900K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 1750 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6900K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11400F - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 21% better in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i7-6900K - 139 vs 115 FPS
- Up to 3% cheaper than Core i7-6900K - $115.99 vs $120.0
- Up to 20% better value when playing Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales than Core i7-6900K - $0.83 vs $1.04 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 65 vs 140 Watts
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
139
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.83/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
Very High
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6900K | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Broadwell-E | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-6900K or Core i5-11400F
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, 1920 x 1080, Very High
37 FPS
$29.24/FPS
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Core i5-11400F
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Core i5-11400F
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Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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8 GB, N/A Storage
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GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$21.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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43 FPS
$24.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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31 FPS
$27.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$33.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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40 FPS
$22.5/FPS
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