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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: 41.43

Overall Rank:
2664th fastest in multithreading out of 5041 CPUs
2500th fastest in single threading out of 5041 CPUs
785th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2859
Single Thread Rating
1429

Samples: 1111*
*Margin for error: Low



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

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

Integer Math18,798 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,973 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,051 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption874.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression48,274 KBytes/Sec
Physics253 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,207 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,429 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 31st of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st 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


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,755
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,859
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.27
Intel Core i9-12900K
 130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K
 115.21
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.33
AMD A8-5600K APU
 41.43
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
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
 1,429
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2522479 - Mar 31 2025
3065
BL2498690 - Mar 21 2025
2257
BL2490846 - Mar 18 2025
2841
BL2483966 - Mar 15 2025
2270
BL2475302 - Mar 12 2025
3090
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 April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,859
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,956 (+3.4%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,737 (-4.3%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,711 (-5.2%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,608 (-8.8%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 3,323 (+16.2%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,982 (+4.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,653 (-7.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,534 (-11.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,482 (-13.2%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,350 (-17.8%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,335 (-18.3%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,273 (-20.5%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,366
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,358
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,857
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,822
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,704
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,531
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,440
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,439
AMD A8-5600K APU
 316