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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11400F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-6900K 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 i7-6900K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6900K
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11400F - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11400F
- Performs up to 3% better in Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves than Core i7-6900K - 168 vs 163 FPS
- Up to 22% cheaper than Core i7-6900K - $113.0 vs $145.0
- Up to 25% better value when playing Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves than Core i7-6900K - $0.67 vs $0.89 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-6900K - 65 vs 140 Watts
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
163
97.02380952380952%
Value, $/FPS
$0.89/FPS
75.2808988764045%
Price, $
$145
77%
Intel Boxed Core i7-6900K Processor (20MB Cache, up to 3.70 GHz) FC-LGA 2011-v3,BX80671I76900K
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Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
168
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.67/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
Ultra
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i5-11400F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6900K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Single-Core
1252
63.84497705252422%
Multi-Core
7118
93.55941114616193%
Intel Core i7-6900K | 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 |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-6900K or Core i5-11400F
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
75 FPS
$13.32/FPS
Radeon RX 6600
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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73 FPS
$15.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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68 FPS
$11.75/FPS
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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68 FPS
$16.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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57 FPS
$10.09/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
4 GB, N/A Storage
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68 FPS
$12.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$857.5
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68 FPS
$13.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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78 FPS
$11.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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57 FPS
$11.59/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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78 FPS
$11.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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