AMD A8-5600K APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5600K 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.

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AMD A8-5600K APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 100 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 A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 41.38

Overall Rank:
2555th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2395th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
763rd fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $69.01 USD (2022-08-25)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2855

Single Thread Rating

1429

Samples: 1091*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,517
Thread: 1,385

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5600K APU

Integer Math	18,911 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,970 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,072 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	871.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	48,343 KBytes/Sec
Physics	251 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,205 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,429 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$69.01 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

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 A8-5600K APU		2,855

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 A8-5600K APU		41.38
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 A8-5600K APU		1,429

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2251206 - Nov 21 2024		2688
BL2238261 - Nov 06 2024		2902
BL2199699 - Sep 20 2024		3141
BL5067827 - Jul 03 2024		3028
BL2118182 - Jun 07 2024		3107

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,855
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,220 (+12.8%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,742 (-4.0%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,696 (-5.6%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,609 (-8.6%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,434 (+20.3%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,399 (+19.0%)
Intel Core i3-3245 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,373 (-16.9%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,539 (+23.9%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,316 (+16.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,643 (-7.4%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,532 (-11.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,518 (-11.8%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K 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 A8-5600K APU		315

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