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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-11500 is 482 days newer than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 10% better in Elden Ring than Athlon 3000G - 128 vs 116 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 71% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $63.83 vs $218.99
- Up to 68% better value when playing Elden Ring than Core i5-11500 - $0.55 vs $1.71 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-11500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
128
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.71/FPS
32.163742690058484%
Price, $
$218.99
29%
FPS 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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Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
FPS
116
90.625%
Value, $/FPS
$0.55/FPS
100%
Price, $
$63.83
100%
Value Winner
AMD Athlon 3000G 2-Core, 4-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics
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Updated 349043 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Single-Core
957
47.945891783567134%
Multi-Core
1975
26.60290948275862%
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Athlon |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Athlon 3000G
Elden Ring, 1920 x 1080, Maximum
53 FPS
$21.87/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,159
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53 FPS
$24.32/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,289
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53 FPS
$25.26/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,339
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53 FPS
$48.09/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
64 GB, 8 TB SSD + 12 TB HDD
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$2,549
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53 FPS
$23.75/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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53 FPS
$24.13/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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53 FPS
$21.68/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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53 FPS
$22.25/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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53 FPS
$24.32/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,289
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