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: 41.49

Overall Rank:
2653rd fastest in multithreading out of 5025 CPUs
2487th fastest in single threading out of 5025 CPUs
782nd fastest in out of 1418 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2863

Single Thread Rating

1430

Samples: 1109*
*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	18,843 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,980 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,054 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	876.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	48,306 KBytes/Sec
Physics	253 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,208 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,430 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of March 2025.
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 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,792
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,053
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,512
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,124
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,873
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,202
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,720
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,627
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,863

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.39
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		214.51
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.23
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.24
Intel Core i9-13900K		97.99
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.38
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.21
AMD A8-5600K APU		41.49
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 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,613
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,020
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD A8-5600K APU		1,430

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2483966 - Mar 15 2025		2270
BL2475302 - Mar 12 2025		3090
BL2469957 - Mar 10 2025		3049
BL2442162 - Feb 26 2025		3339
BL2438502 - Feb 24 2025		3073

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,863
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,955 (+3.2%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,742 (-4.2%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,712 (-5.3%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,610 (-8.9%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,429 (+19.7%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		4,294 (+50.0%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,534 (+23.4%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,322 (+16.0%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,978 (+4.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,659 (-7.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,533 (-11.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,479 (-13.4%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,193
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,434
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,857
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,580
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,531
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,297
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,830
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,723
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,606
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,459
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,445
AMD A8-5600K APU		317

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