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: 52.67

Overall Rank:
3450th fastest in multithreading out of 6040 CPUs
3262nd fastest in single threading out of 6040 CPUs
929th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2583

Single Thread Rating

1325

Samples: 145*
*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	16,969 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,636 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,274 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	797.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	42,646 KBytes/Sec
Physics	225 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,090 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,325 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of October 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,196
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,065
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,573
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,539
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,649
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,583

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.79
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.12
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		110.61
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		103.82
Intel Core i9-13900K		92.46
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
AMD A8-5500B APU		52.67
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,492
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,882
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD A8-5500B APU		1,325

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3691888 - Sep 03 2026		2587
BL3687535 - Sep 01 2026		2657
BL3687459 - Sep 01 2026		2617
BL3556870 - Jun 30 2026		2145
BL3522091 - Jun 12 2026		2746

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500B APU
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,583
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,152 (+22.0%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,005 (+16.3%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,726 (+5.6%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,622 (+1.5%)
Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,457 (-4.9%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,277 (-11.8%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,003 (+16.3%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,112 (+20.5%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,859 (+10.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,564 (-0.7%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,559 (-0.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,421 (-6.3%)

Is the AMD A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,435
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,520
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,387
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,259
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,686
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,510
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,379
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,052
AMD A8-5500B APU		428

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