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Core i5 11600K

Intel desktop processor · Core i 11th gen · launched March 2021

Launch price
$262
≈ $320 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
141
#148 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
6 / 12
12 MB L3 cache
Rated power
125 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core i5 11600K launched at $262 in 2021. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $320 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 22% rise over 5 years. At its launch price that is 54 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2021 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 141 (middle half of runs 130–155) across 39 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #148 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #10 of 13 in the Core i 11th gen.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorIntel
SeriesCore i 11th gen
LaunchedMarch 2021
Launch price$262 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1200
Cores / threads6 / 12
Base clock3.9 GHz
Boost clock4.9 GHz
L3 cache12 MB
Rated power125 W (TDP)
Integrated graphicsUHD 750
Tier5-series

The Intel 5-series over time

Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i5 10600T2020$213$272—
Core i5 105052021$192$234—
Core i5 114002021$182$222126
Core i5 11400F2021$157$192124
Core i5 11400T2021$182$222—
Core i5 115002021$192$234137
Core i5 11500T2021$192$234—
Core i5 116002021$213$260—
Core i5 11600K2021$262$320141
Core i5 11600KF2021$237$289144
Core i5 11600T2021$213$260—
Core i5 11500B2021———
Core i5 12600K2021$289$353219
Core i5 12600KF2021$264$322221
Core i5 124002022$202$228152
Core i5 12400F2022$192$217154

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