Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

Core i5-11500 vs Core i5-9600KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11500 beats the Core i5-9600KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600KF in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-11500 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11500. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-11500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.