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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-2500K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 3719 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-2500K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 159% better in Immortals of Aveum than Core i5-2500K - 75 vs 29 FPS
- Up to 62% cheaper than Core i5-2500K - $150.0 vs $390.81
- Up to 85% better value when playing Immortals of Aveum than Core i5-2500K - $2.0 vs $13.48 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2500K - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-11600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Immortals of Aveum
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
75
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2/FPS
100%
Price, $
$150
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
FPS
29
38.666666666666664%
Value, $/FPS
$13.48/FPS
14.836795252225517%
Price, $
$390.81
38%
INTEL Core i5-2500K Processor - BX80623i52500K
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Updated 348678 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Single-Core
646
30.442978322337417%
Multi-Core
1921
23.46116267708842%
Intel Core i5-11600 | vs | Intel Core i5-2500K |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 9th, 2011 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 3000 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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