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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: 44.40

Overall Rank:
3207th fastest in multithreading out of 5791 CPUs
3025th fastest in single threading out of 5791 CPUs
884th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2618
Single Thread Rating
1340

Samples: 1022*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5500 APU

Integer Math17,383 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,680 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,375 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption795.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression43,380 KBytes/Sec
Physics236 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,097 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,340 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th 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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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
58,444
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,279
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
38,939
Apple M4 10 Core
23,699
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,584
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,083
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,643
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,133
AMD A8-5500 APU
2,618
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th 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
124.62
Intel Core i5-12400F
122.41
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K
107.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
60.60
AMD A8-5500 APU
44.40
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M4 10 Core
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 18th 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 A8-5500 APU
1,340
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3290678 - Feb 16 2026
2792
BL3290611 - Feb 16 2026
2753
BL3290531 - Feb 16 2026
2880
BL3267467 - Feb 06 2026
2832
BL3263863 - Feb 04 2026
2680
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500 APU
2,618
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,993 (+14.3%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,857 (+9.1%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
3,194 (+22.0%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,755 (+5.2%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,726 (+4.1%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,216 (-15.4%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,181 (-16.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,275 (-13.1%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,968 (+13.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,662 (+1.7%)
AMD A8-5500B APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,615 (-0.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500 APU
2,552 (-2.5%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,432
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,377
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
10,195
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,783
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,780
AMD A8-5500 APU
444