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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: 41.38

Overall Rank:
2555th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2396th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
763rd fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2855
Single Thread Rating
1429

Samples: 1091*
*Margin for error: Low



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

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

Integer Math18,911 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,970 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,072 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption871.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression48,343 KBytes/Sec
Physics251 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,205 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,429 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 1st of December 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of December 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


Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2251206 - Nov 21 2024
2688
BL2238261 - Nov 06 2024
2902
BL2199699 - Sep 20 2024
3141
BL5067827 - Jul 03 2024
3028
BL2118182 - Jun 07 2024
3107
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 4th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU
2,855
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
3,220 (+12.8%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,742 (-4.0%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,696 (-5.6%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,608 (-8.7%)
Intel Core i3-3245 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,373 (-16.9%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
3,538 (+23.9%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
3,316 (+16.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,644 (-7.4%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,532 (-11.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,518 (-11.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,479 (-13.2%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,328 (-18.5%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,266
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
11,058
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,890
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,681
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,329
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,872
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,751
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,664
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,510
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,237
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
8,929
AMD A8-5600K APU
315