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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-11900 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-6500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-6500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-11900 is 2084 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-6500.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900
- Performs up to 15% better in Valorant than Core i5-6500 - 864 vs 751 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6500 - 16 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Up to 85% cheaper than Core i9-11900 - $39.5 vs $270.0
- Up to 84% better value when playing Valorant than Core i9-11900 - $0.05 vs $0.31 per FPS
Valorant
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel® Core™ i9-11900 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Intel CPU Core i5-6500 3.20GHz Quad-Core Socket LGA1151 Processor SR2L6
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900 | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
16 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-11900 or Core i5-6500
Valorant, 1920 x 1080, High
553 FPS
$4.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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623 FPS
$3.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,299.99
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553 FPS
$5.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$3,298
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623 FPS
$7.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$4,699.99
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396 FPS
$1.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$729.99
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337 FPS
$1.93/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$649.99
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