Intel Core i5-10500 vs Intel Core i9-11900K

Core i5-10500 vs Core i9-11900K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900K performs better than the Core i5-10500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-10500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500. Also, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-11900K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-11900K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-10500. The Core i9-11900K also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.