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AMD A8-5500 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5500 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.

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

AMD A8-5500 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 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 A8-5500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 44.42

Overall Rank:
2883rd fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
2763rd fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
839th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2619
Single Thread Rating
1336

Samples: 971*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5500 APU

Integer Math17,516 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,699 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,432 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption792.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression43,625 KBytes/Sec
Physics238 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,088 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,336 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.
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


Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2624112 - May 14 2025
2889
BL2622641 - May 14 2025
2646
BL2601882 - May 05 2025
2883
BL2601879 - May 05 2025
2883
BL2590949 - Apr 30 2025
2776
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500 APU
2,619
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,985 (+14.0%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,869 (+9.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,275 (-13.1%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,744 (+4.8%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,709 (+3.4%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,189 (-16.4%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,186 (-16.5%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,266 (-13.5%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,958 (+12.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,661 (+1.6%)
AMD A8-5500B APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,588 (-1.2%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,537 (-3.1%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,452
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,150
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,297
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,843
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,586
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,483
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,803
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,639
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,526
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,517
AMD A8-5500 APU
447