Intel Core i5-11500 vs Intel Core i9-10900F

Core i5-11500 vs Core i9-10900F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900F beats the Core i5-11500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900F has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-11500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. Also, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.