AMD A8-6500 APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A8-6500 APU can be found below. 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.
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AMD A8-6500 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache Size: L1: 320 KB, L2: 8.0 MB,

Other names: AMD A8-6500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 85.61

Overall Rank: 1911

Last Price Change: $32.80 USD (2023-02-03)

Average CPU Mark

2808

Single Thread Rating: 1484
Samples: 525*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,458
Thread: 1,433

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-6500 APU

Integer Math	19,329 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,184 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	838.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	46.4 MBytes/Sec
Physics	242 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,176 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,484 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of February 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of February 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of February 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
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	$32.80 USD	Buy Now!
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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	Beelink Mini PC,AMD Ryzen 5 5600H(6C/12T,up to 4.2 GHz),Mini Computer 16GB DDR4 RAM/500GB M.2 2280 NVME SSD Graphics 7 core 1800 MHz Wifi6E/BT5.2/HDMI+Type-C,Support 2.5 Inch HDD	$419.00 (www.amazon.com)
	CHUWI HeroBox Mini PC,Windows 11 Mini Desktop Computer,Intel Celeron N5100 Quad Core Processor, 8GB RAM 256GB SSD,Dual WiFi/BT/Gigabit Ethernet/VESA / 4K HD/USB 3.0/Support 2TB SATA Extension	$149.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 9 5900, 32GB 3466MHz RAM, 1TB SDD + 2TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X Graphics, VR Ready, USB-C, Windows 11 Home – Black	$2499.99 (www.amazon.com)
	Beelink 8th Generation Intel i5-8279U Processor（up to 4.1GHz）, SEi8 Mini PC with 16G DDR4 RAM/500GB M.2 NVME SSD,Supports 6MB Smart Cache,4K Dual HDMI,WIFI5,BT5.0	$399.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Beelink SER6 Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 7 6800H (6nm,8C/16T) up to 4.7GHz,AMD Radeon 680M 12Core 2.2Ghz, 32G DDR5 4800Mhz+500G M.2 pcle4.0 SSD,4K@60Hz Triple Display,WiFi6/BT5.2/LAN 2.5G/ Mini Game Computers	$618.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,582
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,752
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,688
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,160
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,956
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,932
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,563
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,794
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,557
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,266
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,808

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		187.31
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		132.12
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		116.36
Intel Core i9-12900K		99.83
AMD A8-6500 APU		85.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.97
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		49.01
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		31.20
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,208
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,059
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,848
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,826
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,730
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,356
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,948
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,891
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,665
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD A8-6500 APU		1,484

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1714955 - Jan 08 2023		2973
BL1714745 - Jan 07 2023		3005
BL1712884 - Jan 05 2023		1331
BL1669011 - Nov 12 2022		3026
BL1661001 - Oct 31 2022		2856

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500 APU
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,808
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,217 (+14.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,241 (-20.2%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,178 (+13.2%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,076 (+9.5%)
Intel Core i5-4570 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		5,217 (+85.8%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,390 (+20.7%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,304 (+17.6%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,168 (+12.8%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,116 (+11.0%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,060 (+9.0%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,984 (+6.3%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,963 (+5.5%)

Is the AMD A8-6500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13900T		8,921
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,480
Intel Core i9-13900F		8,178
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,797
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,574
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,104
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,698
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,679
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,650
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,562
Intel Core i7-13700F		6,510
Intel Core i9-12900KS		6,437
AMD A8-6500 APU		468

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CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500 APU

Pricing History

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