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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 7 1700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 1475 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 7 1700.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Up to 11% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $195.0 vs $218.99
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 25% better in Rust than Ryzen 7 1700 - 222 vs 177 FPS
- Up to 10% better value when playing Rust than Ryzen 7 1700 - $0.99 vs $1.1 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1700 doesn't have integrated graphics
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD YD1700BBAEBOX Ryzen 7 1700 Processor with Wraith Spire LED Cooler
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Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
222
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.99/FPS
100%
Price, $
$218.99
89%
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
High
Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 1700 or Core i5-11500
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
63 FPS
$18.4/FPS
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