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AMD A8-5500B APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5500B 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 A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-5500B 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 A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 53.25

Overall Rank:
2658th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2574th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
790th fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $49.04 USD (2020-12-12)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2611

Single Thread Rating

1327

Samples: 116*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,182
Thread: 1,286

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5500B APU

Integer Math	16,989 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,634 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,414 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	803.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,859 KBytes/Sec
Physics	231 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,087 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,327 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,996
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,111
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,595
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,084
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,257
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,567
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,611

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.32
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		153.98
Intel Core i9-13900K		132.58
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.45
AMD A8-5500B APU		53.25
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 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD A8-5500B APU		1,327

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2224097 - Oct 19 2024		2489
BL2194911 - Sep 14 2024		2490
BL5062531 - Apr 24 2024		2876
BL2065142 - Mar 30 2024		1768
BL2050267 - Mar 13 2024		2135

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500B APU
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,611
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,194 (+22.3%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,696 (+3.2%)
Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,442 (-6.5%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,265 (-13.2%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,034 (+16.2%)
Intel Core i3-3245 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,373 (-9.1%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,316 (+27.0%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,089 (+18.3%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,855 (+9.3%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,609 (-0.1%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,532 (-3.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,518 (-3.6%)

Is the AMD A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,277
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,197
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,892
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,695
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,329
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,751
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,561
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,556
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,245
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,929
AMD A8-5500B APU		438