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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: 44.36

Overall Rank:
3122nd fastest in multithreading out of 5473 CPUs
2953rd fastest in single threading out of 5473 CPUs
872nd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2615

Single Thread Rating

1339

Samples: 1010*
*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	17,393 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,678 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,377 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	793.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,360 KBytes/Sec
Physics	236 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,095 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,339 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 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 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,544
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,368
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,954
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,536
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,109
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,615

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		264.00
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.86
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.36
Intel Core i5-12400F		113.43
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.13
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD A8-5500 APU		44.36
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 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD A8-5500 APU		1,339

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3042870 - Nov 10 2025		2813
BL3033856 - Nov 07 2025		2769
BL3030784 - Nov 06 2025		2731
BL3019226 - Oct 31 2025		2782
BL2990081 - Oct 20 2025		2808

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,615
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,995 (+14.5%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,860 (+9.4%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,276 (-13.0%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		3,196 (+22.2%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,749 (+5.1%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,718 (+3.9%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,216 (-15.3%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,178 (-16.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,266 (-13.3%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		1,979 (-24.3%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,965 (+13.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,661 (+1.8%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,439
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,798
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,509
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,456
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,296
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,650
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,485
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,429
AMD A8-5500 APU		444