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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.

Is the AMD A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?

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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: 53.28

Overall Rank:
3097th fastest in multithreading out of 5441 CPUs
2931st fastest in single threading out of 5441 CPUs
863rd fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2613

Single Thread Rating

1339

Samples: 134*
*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	17,069 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,644 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,340 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	807.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,384 KBytes/Sec
Physics	228 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,095 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,339 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of November 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 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,561
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,422
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,961
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,848
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,513
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,117
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,613

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.61
Intel Core i5-12400F		145.35
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		138.15
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.59
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.40
AMD A8-5500B APU		53.28
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
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 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD A8-5500B APU		1,339

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2993200 - Oct 21 2025		2722
BL2893836 - Sep 08 2025		2098
BL2880300 - Sep 02 2025		2873
BL2880266 - Sep 02 2025		2843
BL2841517 - Aug 16 2025		2811

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500B APU
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,613
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,196 (+22.3%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,992 (+14.5%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,723 (+4.2%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,614 (+0.0%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,351 (-10.0%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,277 (-12.9%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,027 (+15.9%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,112 (+19.1%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,861 (+9.5%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,545 (-2.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,543 (-2.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,421 (-7.3%)

Is the AMD A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,504
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,613
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,501
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,482
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,427
AMD A8-5500B APU		435