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AMD A6-8550

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-8550 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 A6-8550 Good for Gaming?

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AMD A6-8550

Description: Radeon R5, 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2+

Clockspeed: 3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A6-8550 Radeon R5, 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2015

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3331st fastest in multithreading out of 5062 CPUs
2291st fastest in single threading out of 5062 CPUs
990th fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1762

Single Thread Rating

1546

Samples: 9*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,525
Thread: 1,603

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-8550

Integer Math	10,479 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,998 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,522 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	543.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	32,609 KBytes/Sec
Physics	138 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,166 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,546 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-8550

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of April 2025

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of April 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,717
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,323
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,046
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,129
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,190
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,713
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD A6-8550		1,762

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		137.04
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.67
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD A6-8550		NA
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 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD A6-8550		1,546

Last 1 Baselines for AMD A6-8550
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2315162 - Jan 02 2025		1920

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-8550
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-8550		1,762
Intel Celeron G3900 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-8550		2,136 (+21.2%)
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A6-8550		2,048 (+16.2%)
Intel Celeron G3900T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,935 (+9.8%)
Intel Pentium G3260T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,856 (+5.3%)
AMD A6-7470K vs AMD A6-8550		1,799 (+2.1%)
AMD PRO A4-8350B vs AMD A6-8550		1,690 (-4.1%)
AMD Phenom II X2 570 vs AMD A6-8550		1,437 (-18.5%)
Intel Pentium G4400 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A6-8550		2,557 (+45.1%)
Intel Pentium G3260 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A6-8550		2,104 (+19.4%)
Intel Pentium G3450T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-8550		2,016 (+14.4%)
Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,883 (+6.9%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,759 (-0.2%)

Is the AMD A6-8550 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,179
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,339
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,615
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,820
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,694
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,523
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,438
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,435
AMD A6-8550		340