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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-11700 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-9500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-11700 is 879 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-9500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9500
- Up to 26% cheaper than Core i7-11700 - $160.74 vs $215.99
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700
- Performs up to 77% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-9500 - 53 vs 30 FPS
- Up to 24% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-9500 - $4.08 vs $5.36 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
30
56.60377358490566%
Value, $/FPS
$5.36/FPS
76.11940298507463%
Price, $
$160.74
100%
Intel Core i5-9500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W (BX80684I59500)
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Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
53
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.08/FPS
100%
Price, $
$215.99
74%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Single-Core
1468
69.80504041844983%
Multi-Core
4990
57.9356786253338%
Intel Core i5-9500 | vs | Intel Core i7-11700 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| 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 |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-9500 or Core i7-11700
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
1 FPS
$1086.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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2 FPS
$1199.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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1 FPS
$1260.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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1 FPS
$1749/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,749
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6 FPS
$90/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$539.99
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1 FPS
$1644.4/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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1 FPS
$1849/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$1,849
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1 FPS
$2262.99/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
64 GB, 8 TB SSD
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1 FPS
$1619/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,619
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1 FPS
$1539/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Core i7-11700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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