AMD A8-5500B APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5500B 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.

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AMD A8-5500B 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 A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 52.70

Overall Rank:
2853rd fastest in multithreading out of 5108 CPUs
2764th fastest in single threading out of 5108 CPUs
837th fastest in out of all Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $49.04 USD (2020-12-12)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2584

Single Thread Rating

1316

Samples: 119*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,182
Thread: 1,286

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5500B APU

Integer Math	16,856 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,604 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,344 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	794.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,193 KBytes/Sec
Physics	229 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,077 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,316 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of May 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 12th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,702
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,319
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,035
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,136
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,864
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,476
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,177
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,710
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,659
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,584

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		143.18
Intel Core i9-12900K		133.29
AMD A8-5500B APU		52.70
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA
Intel Core i5-12400F		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,141
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,480
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD A8-5500B APU		1,316

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2476765 - Mar 12 2025		1405
BL2416530 - Feb 15 2025		2544
BL2328896 - Jan 08 2025		2756
BL2257853 - Nov 27 2024		2688
BL2224097 - Oct 19 2024		2489

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500B APU
As of 12th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,584
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,989 (+15.6%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,713 (+5.0%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,049 (+18.0%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,326 (+28.7%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,108 (+20.3%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,863 (+10.8%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,617 (+1.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,536 (-1.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,412 (-6.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,262 (-12.5%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,252 (-12.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		1,996 (-22.8%)

Is the AMD A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,475
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,158
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,326
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,844
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,589
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,515
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,288
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,811
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,671
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,412
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,409
AMD A8-5500B APU		433

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