AMD A8-5600K APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5600K 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.

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AMD A8-5600K APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 100 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 A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 41.35

Overall Rank:
2563rd fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2403rd fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
764th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $69.01 USD (2022-08-25)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2854

Single Thread Rating

1428

Samples: 1095*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,517
Thread: 1,385

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5600K APU

Integer Math	18,870 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,970 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,054 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	870.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	48,228 KBytes/Sec
Physics	252 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,206 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,428 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$69.01 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,435
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,099
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,598
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		14,152
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,854

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		286.20
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		186.30
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.67
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		145.75
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.18
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.43
AMD A8-5600K APU		41.35
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 22nd 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		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD A8-5600K APU		1,428

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2286526 - Dec 19 2024		2655
BL2282175 - Dec 16 2024		2949
BL2281724 - Dec 16 2024		2477
BL2271426 - Dec 10 2024		3131
BL2251206 - Nov 21 2024		2688

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,854
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,219 (+12.8%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,744 (-3.9%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,696 (-5.5%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,610 (-8.5%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,431 (+20.2%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,540 (+24.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,645 (-7.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,479 (-13.1%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,328 (-18.4%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,267 (-20.6%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,174 (-23.8%)
Intel Core i5-2500S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,380 (+18.4%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,250
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,924
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,322
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,577
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,258
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,198
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD A8-5600K APU		315

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