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AMD A8-5500 APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A8-5500 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.

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AMD A8-5500 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

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 A8-5500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 44.22

Overall Rank:
2549th fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
2461st fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
759th fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $58.95 USD (2020-06-17)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2607

Single Thread Rating

1335

Samples: 947*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,048
Thread: 1,266

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5500 APU

Integer Math	17,518 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,687 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,451 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	785.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,629 KBytes/Sec
Physics	237 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,078 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,335 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of July 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,260
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,622
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,898
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,755
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,607

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.83
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.68
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.42
AMD A8-5500 APU		44.22
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 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,630
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,033
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD A8-5500 APU		1,335

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2133245 - Jun 28 2024		2919
BL2133122 - Jun 28 2024		2692
BL5065351 - May 30 2024		2758
BL2112069 - May 29 2024		2809
BL2112049 - May 29 2024		2846

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,607
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,854 (+9.5%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,264 (-13.2%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,736 (+5.0%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,309 (-11.4%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,174 (-16.6%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,171 (-16.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,242 (-14.0%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		3,205 (+23.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,629 (+0.8%)
AMD A8-5500B APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,616 (+0.4%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,536 (-2.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,506 (-3.9%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,335
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,273
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,030
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,525
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,388
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,112
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,884
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,790
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,536
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,536
AMD A8-5500 APU		446