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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6850K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11400F is 1750 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-6850K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 28% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-6850K - 442 vs 345 FPS
- Up to 6% cheaper than Core i7-6850K - $113.0 vs $120.0
- Up to 26% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i7-6850K - $0.26 vs $0.35 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6850K - 65 vs 140 Watts
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
345
78.05429864253394%
Value, $/FPS
$0.35/FPS
74.28571428571429%
Price, $
$120
94%
Intel Boxed Core i7-6850K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) FC-LGA14A 3.6 6 BX80671I76850K
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
442
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.26/FPS
100%
Price, $
$113
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.4 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 i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Single-Core
1268
64.66088730239674%
Multi-Core
5821
76.51156677181913%
Intel Core i7-6850K | vs | Intel Core i5-11400F |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Broadwell E | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-6850K or Core i5-11400F
Counter-Strike 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High
244 FPS
$4.09/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$999
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240 FPS
$4.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,126.88
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230 FPS
$3.47/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$799
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229 FPS
$4.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,135.88
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206 FPS
$2.79/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
4 GB, N/A Storage
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$575.4
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229 FPS
$3.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$857.5
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229 FPS
$3.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$910.41
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249 FPS
$3.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$881.99
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206 FPS
$3.21/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$660.87
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249 FPS
$3.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$899.99
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