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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $423
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600K outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600K is 693 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600K
- Performs up to 5% better in Elden Ring than Core i9-9900 - 130 vs 124 FPS
- Up to 47% cheaper than Core i9-9900 - $198.9 vs $372.84
- Up to 49% better value when playing Elden Ring than Core i9-9900 - $1.53 vs $3.01 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i5-11600K - 65 vs 125 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11600K - 16 vs 12 threads
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i5-11600K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
130
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.53/FPS
100%
Price, $
$198.9
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.9 GHz Unlocked LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 125W
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Core i9-9900
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
FPS
124
95.38461538461539%
Value, $/FPS
$3.01/FPS
50.83056478405316%
Price, $
$372.84
53%
Intel Core i9-9900 Coffee Lake Processor 3.1GHz 8.0GT/s 16MB LGA 1151 CPU, Retail
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Updated 348670 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i5-11600K
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9-9900
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-9900
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Single-Core
1611
73.69624885635865%
Multi-Core
7204
83.97249096631309%
Intel Core i5-11600K | vs | Intel Core i9-9900 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Apr 23rd, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.9 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
39.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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