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AMD A8-6500B APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-6500B 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 A8-6500B APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-6500B 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 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 A8-6500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 57.92

Overall Rank:
2547th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2241st fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
761st fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $49.95 USD (2020-05-09)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2893

Single Thread Rating

1508

Samples: 72*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,677
Thread: 1,475

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-6500B APU

Integer Math	19,694 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,321 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,992 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	905.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	48,171 KBytes/Sec
Physics	222 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,227 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,508 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,893

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
AMD A8-6500B APU		57.92
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD A8-6500B APU		1,508

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2251495 - Nov 21 2024		2887
BL2228285 - Oct 24 2024		3056
BL2202183 - Sep 23 2024		2913
BL2202062 - Sep 23 2024		2902
BL2201990 - Sep 23 2024		2919

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500B APU
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,893
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,520 (+21.7%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,401 (+17.6%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,212 (+11.0%)
Intel Core i3-4160T @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,111 (+7.5%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,089 (+6.8%)
AMD FX-4200 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,119 (+7.8%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,267 (-21.6%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,396 (+17.4%)
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,219 (+11.3%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,194 (+10.4%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,132 (+8.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,520 (-12.9%)

Is the AMD A8-6500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD A8-6500B APU		444