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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-8700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 1170 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-8700.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 17% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-8700 - 442 vs 379 FPS
- Up to 42% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - $115.99 vs $200.0
- Up to 51% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-8700 - $0.26 vs $0.53 per FPS
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
442
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.26/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 i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8700 | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-8700 or Core i5-11400F
Counter-Strike 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High
240 FPS
$4.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,082
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206 FPS
$4.03/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$829.99
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229 FPS
$4.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,115
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218 FPS
$2.06/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$449.99
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206 FPS
$3.34/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$687.99
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249 FPS
$3.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$927.27
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249 FPS
$4.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,071.99
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229 FPS
$3.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$840
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240 FPS
$5.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD
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$1,229.11
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244 FPS
$3.69/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$899.99
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