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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?

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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)

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:
2961st fastest in multithreading out of 5277 CPUs
2829th fastest in single threading out of 5277 CPUs
842nd fastest in out of 1452 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2619

Single Thread Rating

1335

Samples: 974*
*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	17,507 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,697 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,429 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	792.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,622 KBytes/Sec
Physics	238 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,089 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,335 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of July 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 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

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,609
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,007
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,421
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,860
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,497
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,152
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,701
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,148
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,619

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		228.55
Intel Core i5-12400F		178.89
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		151.26
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		141.03
Intel Core i9-13900K		135.04
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.16
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		45.49
AMD A8-5500 APU		44.42
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 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,609
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,899
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,919
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD A8-5500 APU		1,335

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2764461 - Jul 14 2025		2584
BL2757243 - Jul 11 2025		2639
BL2729099 - Jun 29 2025		2616
BL2624112 - May 14 2025		2889
BL2622641 - May 14 2025		2646

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 19th of July 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		2,989 (+14.1%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,868 (+9.5%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,276 (-13.1%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,743 (+4.7%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,709 (+3.4%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,196 (-16.2%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,189 (-16.4%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,268 (-13.4%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,958 (+13.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,653 (+1.3%)
AMD A8-5500B APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,588 (-1.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,536 (-3.2%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,394
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,142
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,282
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,835
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,565
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,479
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,804
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,798
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,603
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,469
AMD A8-5500 APU		446