AMD A8-4500M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-4500M 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.
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AMD A8-4500M APU

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FS1r2

Clockspeed: 1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 35 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 A8-4500M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 35.32

Overall Rank:
3818th fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
3940th fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
865th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $48.02 USD (2024-05-08)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1696

Single Thread Rating

919

Samples: 1745*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,722
Thread: 849

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-4500M APU

Integer Math	10,973 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,004 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,477 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	504.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,064 KBytes/Sec
Physics	193 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	686 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	919 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-4500M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
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 Laptop CPUs
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,260
Apple M4 10 Core		23,699
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,631
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,761
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,011
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,484
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,599
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,396
AMD A8-4500M APU		1,696

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.27
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.03
AMD A8-4500M APU		35.32
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.41
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,505
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,888
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,588
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,392
AMD A8-4500M APU		919

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-4500M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3241990 - Jan 26 2026		1624
BL3197599 - Jan 08 2026		1664
BL3182864 - Jan 02 2026		1884
BL3115893 - Dec 08 2025		1728
BL3006508 - Oct 26 2025		1923

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-4500M APU
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-4500M APU		1,696
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A8-4500M APU		1,440 (-15.1%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		1,373 (-19.0%)
Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		1,957 (+15.4%)
Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		2,467 (+45.4%)
AMD A10-4600M APU vs AMD A8-4500M APU		1,949 (+14.9%)
AMD A8-3500M APU vs AMD A8-4500M APU		1,387 (-18.2%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		1,799 (+6.1%)
Intel Core i3-390M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		1,292 (-23.8%)
Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		2,658 (+56.7%)
Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		2,104 (+24.1%)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		2,079 (+22.6%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-4500M APU		2,019 (+19.0%)

Is the AMD A8-4500M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,770
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,418
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,998
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,918
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,871
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,768
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,906
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,751
AMD A8-4500M APU		346

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