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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 Size: L1: 320 KB, L2: 8.0 MB,
Other names: AMD A8-5500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 43.89
Overall Rank: 2301
Last Price Change: $58.95 USD (2020-06-17)
| Integer Math | 17,509 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 4,671 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 5,452 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 775.9 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 43,505 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 235 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 1,067 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,323 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,751 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,456 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,748 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,631 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,067 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,934 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,422 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,785 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,487 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,251 | |
| AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,587 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 213.02 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 153.98 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.24 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.44 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 104.83 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.96 | |
| AMD A8-5500 APU | 43.89 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 32.60 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,665 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,194 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,053 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,960 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,844 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,715 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,359 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,942 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,663 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,569 | |
| AMD A8-5500 APU | 1,323 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL5044045 - Aug 14 2023 | 2725 | |
| BL1847071 - Jun 26 2023 | 2799 | |
| BL1842548 - Jun 19 2023 | 2693 | |
| BL1830296 - May 31 2023 | 2688 | |
| BL1822926 - May 20 2023 | 2680 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,587 | |
| AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,814 (+8.8%) | |
| AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,691 (+4.0%) | |
| AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,289 (-11.5%) | |
| AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,164 (-16.4%) | |
| AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,155 (-16.7%) | |
| AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 3,200 (+23.7%) | |
| AMD A8-5500B APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,622 (+1.4%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,485 (-3.9%) | |
| Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,447 (-5.4%) | |
| Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,424 (-6.3%) | |
| AMD A8-3850 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,347 (-9.3%) | |
| Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU | 2,313 (-10.6%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,186 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,105 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,974 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,555 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,431 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,819 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,812 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,530 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,238 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900 | 6,923 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900F | 6,888 | |
| Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,855 | |
| AMD A8-5500 APU | 442 |
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