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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 4165 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-960.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 32% better in Minecraft than Core i7-960 - 794 vs 603 FPS
- Up to 50% cheaper than Core i7-960 - $150.0 vs $299.0
- Up to 62% better value when playing Minecraft than Core i7-960 - $0.19 vs $0.5 per FPS
- Consumes up to 50% less energy than Intel Core i7-960 - 65 vs 130 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-960 - 12 vs 8 threads
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i7-960 Processor 3.20 GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1366
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Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
794
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.19/FPS
100%
Price, $
$150
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 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 i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-960
Desktop • Oct 20th, 2009
Single-Core
491
23.138548539114044%
Multi-Core
1663
20.310210063507572%
Intel Core i7-960 | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20th, 2009 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Bloomfield | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1366 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 130 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 45 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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