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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.

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

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 Math18,843 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,980 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,054 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption876.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression48,306 KBytes/Sec
Physics253 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,208 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,430 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.

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


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