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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-2550K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 3333 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-2550K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2550K
- Up to 34% cheaper than Core i5-11600 - $99.0 vs $150.0
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 75% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-2550K - 464 vs 265 FPS
- Up to 14% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-2550K - $0.32 vs $0.37 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2550K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2550K - 12 vs 4 threads
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-2550K
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012
FPS
265
57.11206896551724%
Value, $/FPS
$0.37/FPS
86.48648648648648%
Price, $
$99
100%
BX80623I52550K Intel Core i5 Quad-core i5-2550K 3.4GHz Desktop Processor BX80623I52550K
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Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
464
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.32/FPS
100%
Price, $
$150
66%
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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-2550K
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-2550K
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012
Single-Core
680
32.045240339302545%
Multi-Core
2040
24.91450903761602%
Intel Core i5-2550K | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30th, 2012 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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