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AMD A8-5600K APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A8-5600K 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 A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?

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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 Size: L1: 320 KB, L2: 8.0 MB,

Other names: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 40.90

Overall Rank: 2265

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

Average CPU Mark
rating
2823

Single Thread Rating: 1426
Samples: 1069*
*Margin for error: Low



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

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

Integer Math18,866 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,950 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,039 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption853.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression47,812 KBytes/Sec
Physics250 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,189 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,426 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of December 2023
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$69.01 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 3rd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,543
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,409
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,716
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 22,610
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,929
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,383
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,417
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,199
AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,823
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 3rd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 212.95
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 153.84
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 140.20
Intel Core i9-12900K
 117.31
Intel Core i9-13900K
 104.47
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.88
AMD A8-5600K APU
 40.90
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 32.54
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 3rd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,649
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,186
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,944
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
 2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,569
AMD A8-5600K APU
 1,426
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL1947861 - Nov 16 2023
2815
BL1936458 - Oct 31 2023
2968
BL1929387 - Oct 21 2023
3078
BL5048847 - Oct 21 2023
2775
BL1922840 - Oct 12 2023
3063
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 3rd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,823
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,695 (-4.5%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,587 (-8.3%)
Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,426 (-14.0%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 3,424 (+21.3%)
Intel Core i3-3245 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,337 (-17.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,604 (-7.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,485 (-12.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,455 (-13.0%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,302 (-18.5%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,242 (-20.6%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,165 (-23.3%)
Intel Core i5-2500S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 3,380 (+19.8%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 3rd of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 9,211
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 9,078
Intel Core i9-13900KS
 8,573
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 8,426
Intel Core i9-14900KF
 8,389
Intel Core i9-14900K
 8,206
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 7,886
Intel Core i9-13900K
 7,810
Intel Core i5-14600K
 7,755
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX
 7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F
 7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF
 7,516
AMD A8-5600K APU
 314