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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: 41.36

Overall Rank:
2454th fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
2302nd fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
731st fastest in out of 1369 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2854
Single Thread Rating
1430

Samples: 1089*
*Margin for error: Low



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

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

Integer Math18,920 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,974 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,072 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption870.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression48,306 KBytes/Sec
Physics252 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,204 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,430 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of July 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of July 2024.
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 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 59,235
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,481
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,150
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,619
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,050
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,894
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,284
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,754
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,172
AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,854
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 221.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 168.43
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 146.82
Intel Core i9-12900K
 138.27
Intel Core i9-13900K
 134.63
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.64
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 55.41
AMD A8-5600K APU
 41.36
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 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,629
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,032
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,919
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,695
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,567
AMD A8-5600K APU
 1,430
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL5067827 - Jul 03 2024
3028
BL2118182 - Jun 07 2024
3107
BL2104150 - May 18 2024
3093
BL2082794 - Apr 20 2024
3224
BL2073929 - Apr 09 2024
3464
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,854
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,736 (-4.1%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,607 (-8.7%)
Intel Core i3-3210 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,224 (-22.1%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 3,428 (+20.1%)
Intel Core i3-3245 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,379 (-16.7%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 3,531 (+23.7%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 3,311 (+16.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,630 (-7.9%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,536 (-11.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,505 (-12.2%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,471 (-13.4%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,309 (-19.1%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,316
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 9,272
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 9,028
Intel Core i9-13900KS
 8,528
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 8,385
Intel Core i9-14900K
 8,104
Intel Core i9-14900KF
 8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
 7,877
Intel Core i9-13900K
 7,787
Intel Core i7-13790F
 7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K
 7,542
Intel Core i7-14700KF
 7,533
AMD A8-5600K APU
 316