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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $439
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900 is 1126 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 41% cheaper than Core i9-11900 - $159.99 vs $270.0
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900
- Performs up to 100% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-8500 - 54 vs 27 FPS
- Up to 16% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-8500 - $5.0 vs $5.93 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
27
50%
Value, $/FPS
$5.93/FPS
84.31703204047218%
Price, $
$159.99
100%
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
54
100%
Value, $/FPS
$5/FPS
100%
Price, $
$270
59%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Updated 348679 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
65.11737089201878%
Multi-Core
4844
54.94555353901996%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i9-11900 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8500 or Core i9-11900
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
3 FPS
$766.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, N/A Storage
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1 FPS
$3298/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$3,298
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3 FPS
$1566.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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