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: 53.31

Overall Rank:
3227th fastest in multithreading out of 5810 CPUs
3034th fastest in single threading out of 5810 CPUs
889th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2614

Single Thread Rating

1341

Samples: 136*
*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	17,080 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,648 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,339 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	808.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,409 KBytes/Sec
Physics	228 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,096 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,341 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of March 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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,427
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,262
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,936
Apple M4 10 Core		23,678
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,593
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,076
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,131
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,614

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		227.54
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		172.01
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.58
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.86
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
AMD A8-5500B APU		53.31
Intel Core i5-12400F		46.29
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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,490
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD A8-5500B APU		1,341

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3310456 - Feb 25 2026		2550
BL3075109 - Nov 22 2025		2768
BL2993200 - Oct 21 2025		2722
BL2893836 - Sep 08 2025		2098
BL2880300 - Sep 02 2025		2873

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 March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,614
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,195 (+22.2%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,994 (+14.5%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,726 (+4.3%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,618 (+0.1%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,353 (-10.0%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,994 (+14.5%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,336 (+27.6%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,112 (+19.1%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,858 (+9.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,554 (-2.3%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,548 (-2.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,421 (-7.4%)

Is the AMD A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,263
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,524
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,387
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,373
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,448
AMD A8-5500B APU		434

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