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AMD A8-5500 APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A8-5500 APU can be found below. 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 Size: L1: 320 KB, L2: 8.0 MB,

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 43.80

Overall Rank: 2187

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

Average CPU Mark

2582

Single Thread Rating: 1322
Samples: 927*
*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	17,478 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,668 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,442 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	773.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,393 KBytes/Sec
Physics	234 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,066 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,322 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of June 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of May 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of May 2023.
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 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,608
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,811
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,665
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,097
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,959
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,885
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,505
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,795
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,540
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,582

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		195.04
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.65
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		133.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.87
Intel Core i7-12700K		85.11
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		61.69
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		46.85
AMD A8-5500 APU		43.80
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,203
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,056
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,845
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,820
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,718
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,359
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,945
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,889
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD A8-5500 APU		1,322

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1830296 - May 31 2023		2688
BL1822926 - May 20 2023		2680
BL1808871 - May 02 2023		2908
BL1790883 - Apr 09 2023		2622
BL1787962 - Apr 06 2023		2671

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,582
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,821 (+9.2%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		3,052 (+18.2%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,738 (+6.0%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,307 (-10.6%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,164 (-16.2%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,155 (-16.5%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		3,194 (+23.7%)
AMD A8-5500B APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,643 (+2.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,480 (-3.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,443 (-5.4%)
Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,421 (-6.3%)
AMD A8-3850 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,348 (-9.1%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,225
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,102
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,457
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,439
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,808
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,602
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,193
Intel Core i9-13900T		6,888
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,797
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,793
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,773
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,735
AMD A8-5500 APU		441