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In short — Core i7-11700F outperforms Core i5-6500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-11700F is 2084 days newer than Core i5-6500.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700F
- Performs up to 27% better in Starfield than Core i5-6500 - 70 vs 55 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6500 - 16 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6500
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-11700F doesn't have integrated graphics
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
70
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.9/FPS
100%
Price, $
$202.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-11700F 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
Ultra
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-6500
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Single-Core
1177
56.02094240837696%
Multi-Core
3217
36.59840728100114%
Intel Core i7-11700F | vs | Intel Core i5-6500 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jul 2nd, 2015 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
16 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-11700F or Core i5-6500
Starfield, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
26 FPS
$46.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,199.99
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26 FPS
$64.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,669.99
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40 FPS
$67.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,699
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17 FPS
$82.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,399.01
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16 FPS
$93.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,499.99
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24 FPS
$44.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,069.99
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31 FPS
$48.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,499.99
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19 FPS
$86.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,649
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1 FPS
$729.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-6500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$729.99
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19 FPS
$81.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,549
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