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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 928 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 6% better in Borderlands 3 than Ryzen Threadripper 2950X - 233 vs 219 FPS
- Up to 80% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 2950X - $218.99 vs $1075.0
- Up to 81% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Ryzen Threadripper 2950X - $0.94 vs $4.91 per FPS
- Consumes up to 64% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X - 65 vs 180 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 32 vs 12 threads
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
233
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.94/FPS
100%
Price, $
$218.99
100%
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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Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Desktop • Aug 31st, 2018
FPS
219
93.99141630901288%
Value, $/FPS
$4.91/FPS
19.144602851323828%
Price, $
$1075
20%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Processor (YD295XA8AFWOF)
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Updated 349592 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Desktop • Aug 31st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Desktop • Aug 31st, 2018
Single-Core
1263
63.27655310621243%
Multi-Core
8338
100%
Intel Core i5-11500 | vs | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Aug 31st, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Colfax |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket SP3r2 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 16 |
| 12 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 180 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
| 27.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-11500 or Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Borderlands 3, 1920 x 1080, Badass
56 FPS
$20.7/FPS
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Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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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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$23.91/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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56 FPS
$45.52/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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56 FPS
$22.48/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,259
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56 FPS
$22.84/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,279
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56 FPS
$20.52/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,149
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56 FPS
$21.05/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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$1,179
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56 FPS
$23.02/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i5-11500
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,289
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