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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-11900F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-11900F is 1126 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900F
- Performs up to 9% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i5-8500 - 237 vs 218 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 33% cheaper than Core i9-11900F - $159.99 vs $240.0
- Up to 28% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Core i9-11900F - $0.73 vs $1.01 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-11900F doesn't have integrated graphics
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
237
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.01/FPS
72.27722772277228%
Price, $
$240
66%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900F Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
218
91.9831223628692%
Value, $/FPS
$0.73/FPS
100%
Price, $
$159.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i9-11900F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
63.88760939659143%
Multi-Core
4844
52.818667538981565%
Intel Core i9-11900F | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-11900F or Core i5-8500
Borderlands 3, 1920 x 1080, Badass
109 FPS
$9.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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109 FPS
$9.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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