Intel Core i5-11500 tested on Geekbench
Just a day after Core i9-11900K and Core i7-11700K have both appeared on Geekbench, a 6-core member of the same family decided to show up as well.
The Core i5-11500 is a 6-core and 12-thread CPU with a base clock of 2.7 GHz. As rumored before, the CPU will also have a turbo frequency of 4.6 GHz. Thanks to the new leak from Geekbench, those frequnecies appear to be confirmed now.
The CPU has been tsted on Intel’s Rocket Lake-S evaluation board, not Z490 or Z590 motherboards, which indicates that whoever leaked the score has one of the final qualification samples, which shouldn’t be much different performance-wise from the retail unit.
Intel Core i5-11500 Rocket Lake-S CPU Specifications, Source: Geekbench
Intel Core i5-11500 Rocket Lake-S CPU Score, Source: Geekbench
The i5-11500 single-core performance is actually higher than 11700K’s. The CPU scores 1588 points, which is also 35% faster than its predecessor based on Comet Lake-S architecture, the i5-10400.
The 11500 SKU is not expected to compete with Ryzen 5 5600X. The manufacturer will also release multiple 11600 SKUs offering noticeably faster frequencies (rumored to be 300 MHz higher). Despite this fact, there is not a significant performance gap between 11500 and 5600X, just 1% in single-core and 11% in multi-core.
Intel is expected to launch its 11th Gen Core series in March. The i5-11500 SKU will be one of the slowest Cypress-Cove based processors, sincet he i3 and Pentium series will be based on Comet Lake-Refresh.
| Geekbench V5 Performance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Configuration | Single-Core | vs 11900K | Multi-Core | vs 11900K |
| Intel Core i9-11900K | 8C/16T @ 5.3 GHz | 1892 | 100% | 10934 | 100% |
| Intel Core i7-11700K | 8C/16T @ 4.4 GHz | 1551 | 82% | 8849 | 81% |
| Intel Core i5-11500 | 6C/12T @ 4.6 GHz | 1588 | 84% | 7265 | 66% |
| Intel Core i9-10900K | 10C/20T @ 5.3 GHz | 1402 | 74% | 10933 | 100% |
| Intel Core i5-10500 | 6C/12T @ 4.5 GHz | 1176 | 62% | 5997 | 55% |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | 16C/32T @ 4.9 GHz | 1682 | 89% | 16726 | 153% |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | 8C/16T @ 4.7 GHz | 1669 | 88% | 10427 | 95% |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 12C/24T @ 4.8 GHz | 1664 | 88% | 14061 | 129% |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 6C/12T @ 4.6 GHz | 1606 | 85% | 8102 | 74% |
| Intel Core i7-11370H | 4C/8T @ 4.8 GHz | 1556 | 82% | 5177 | 47% |
Intel 11th Gen Core ‘Rocket Lake-S’ Specifications
| Rumored 11th Gen Core Series Specifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKU | Cores / Threads | Base Clock | Single-Core Boost | All Core Boost | TDP |
| Intel 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake-S | |||||
| i9-11900K(F) | 8C/16T | 3.5 GHz | 5.3 GHz (TVB) | 4.8 GHz (TVB) | 125W |
| i9-11900(F) | 8C/16T | 2.5 GHz | 5.2 GHz (TVB) | 4.7 GHz (TVB) | 65W |
| i7-11700K(F) | 8C/16T | 3.6 GHz | 5.0 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 125W |
| i7-11700(F) | 8C/16T | 2.5 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 4.4 GHz | 65W |
| i5-11600K(F) | 6C/12T | 3.9 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 125W |
| i5-11600(F) | 6C/12T | 2.8 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 4.3 GHz | 65W |
| i5-11500(F) | 6C/12T | 2.7 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 65W |
| i5-11400(F) | 6C/12T | 2.6 GHz | 4.4 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 65W |
| Intel 11th Gen Core Comet Lake-S | |||||
| i3-11305 | 4C/8T | 3.8 GHz | TBC | TBC | 65W |
| i3-11105 | 4C/8T | 3.7 GHz | TBC | TBC | 65W |
| i3-11100 | 4C/8T | 3.7 GHz | TBC | TBC | 65W |
Source: Geekbench via @leakbench