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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.
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 A8-6500 APU Good for Gaming?

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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: 101.11

Overall Rank: 2270

Last Price Change: $27.80 USD (2023-05-13)

Average CPU Mark

2811

Single Thread Rating: 1468
Samples: 544*
*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	19,138 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,149 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,882 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	847.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	47,386 KBytes/Sec
Physics	240 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,184 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,468 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of December 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	$27.80 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,534
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,402
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,712
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,607
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,927
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,380
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,408
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,198
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,811

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.95
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.82
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.19
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.29
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.45
AMD A8-6500 APU		101.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.87
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.53
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 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,648
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,185
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,943
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,662
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD A8-6500 APU		1,468

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1954476 - Nov 25 2023		3114
BL1951138 - Nov 21 2023		2987
BL1950347 - Nov 19 2023		2586
BL1943849 - Nov 11 2023		3043
BL1941808 - Nov 08 2023		3021

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500 APU
As of 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,811
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,386 (+20.5%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,323 (+18.2%)
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,226 (+14.8%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,204 (+14.0%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,969 (+5.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,267 (-19.4%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,406 (+21.2%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,008 (+7.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,368 (-15.8%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,023 (+7.5%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,427 (+21.9%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,294 (+17.2%)

Is the AMD A8-6500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,226
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,075
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,568
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,423
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,392
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,230
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,896
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,809
Intel Core i5-14600K		7,684
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,517
AMD A8-6500 APU		463