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AMD A8-5500 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5500 APU can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-5500 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 2048 KB

Other names: AMD A8-5500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 44.27

Overall Rank:
2752nd fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
2637th fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
805th fastest in out of 1414 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $58.95 USD (2020-06-17)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2610

Single Thread Rating

1333

Samples: 962*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,048
Thread: 1,266

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5500 APU

Integer Math	17,463 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,687 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,423 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	788.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,507 KBytes/Sec
Physics	238 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,082 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,333 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,851
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,375
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,063
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,549
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,877
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,205
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,722
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,610

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		218.79
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		196.93
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		149.67
Intel Core i9-12900K		139.78
Intel Core i9-13900K		120.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.47
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.34
AMD A8-5500 APU		44.27
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,149
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,023
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD A8-5500 APU		1,333

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2337741 - Jan 12 2025		2581
BL2273517 - Dec 11 2024		2909
BL2260637 - Nov 30 2024		2483
BL2234671 - Nov 01 2024		2814
BL2231329 - Oct 28 2024		2753

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,610
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,980 (+14.2%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,865 (+9.8%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,270 (-13.0%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,742 (+5.1%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,703 (+3.6%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,328 (-10.8%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,180 (-16.5%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,174 (-16.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,254 (-13.6%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		1,958 (-25.0%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		3,228 (+23.7%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,955 (+13.2%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,869
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,595
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,573
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,840
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,565
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,540
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,366
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,183
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,021
AMD A8-5500 APU		447