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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:
3784th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
2629th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
1069th fastest in out of 1554 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 15th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-8550

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of February 2026

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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,450
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD A6-8550		1,762

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD A6-8550		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
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 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-8550		1,762
Intel Celeron G3900 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-8550		2,156 (+22.4%)
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A6-8550		2,061 (+17.0%)
Intel Celeron G3900T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,909 (+8.3%)
Intel Pentium G3260T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,876 (+6.5%)
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		2,566 (+45.6%)
Intel Pentium G3260 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A6-8550		2,101 (+19.2%)
Intel Pentium G3450T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,904 (+8.0%)
Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,886 (+7.0%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-8550		1,768 (+0.3%)

Is the AMD A6-8550 Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD A6-8550		340