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AMD A8-5557M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5557M 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 A8-5557M APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-5557M APU

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FP2

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.1 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 35 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 A8-5557M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3458th fastest in multithreading out of 5277 CPUs
3397th fastest in single threading out of 5277 CPUs
798th fastest in out of 1498 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1831

Single Thread Rating

1069

Samples: 154*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,029
Thread: 1,006

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5557M APU

Integer Math	12,351 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,381 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,726 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	551.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,660 KBytes/Sec
Physics	193 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	722 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,069 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5557M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of July 2025

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of July 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,796
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,025
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,227
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,688
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,148
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,624
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,674
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,511
AMD A8-5557M APU		1,831

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.70
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.78
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.12
AMD A8-5557M APU		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,899
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,045
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,022
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,911
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,641
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,627
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,598
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,404
AMD A8-5557M APU		1,069

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5557M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2653400 - May 26 2025		1930
BL2638885 - May 20 2025		1974
BL1881869 - Aug 13 2023		2267
BL1607091 - Aug 04 2022		1472
BL5018288 - Jun 28 2022		1797

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5557M APU
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5557M APU		1,831
AMD A10-5750M APU vs AMD A8-5557M APU		2,052 (+12.1%)
Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-5557M APU		2,186 (+19.4%)
Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5557M APU		2,119 (+15.7%)
Intel Core i5-3337U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A8-5557M APU		2,092 (+14.2%)
AMD A10-5757M APU vs AMD A8-5557M APU		1,996 (+9.0%)
Intel Core i3-4030U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5557M APU		1,879 (+2.6%)
AMD A8-5550M APU vs AMD A8-5557M APU		1,816 (-0.8%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-5557M APU		1,790 (-2.2%)
AMD A8-6410 APU vs AMD A8-5557M APU		1,771 (-3.3%)
AMD A10-5745M APU vs AMD A8-5557M APU		1,766 (-3.5%)
AMD A6-5200 APU vs AMD A8-5557M APU		1,673 (-8.6%)
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs AMD A8-5557M APU		1,660 (-9.4%)

Is the AMD A8-5557M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,804
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,029
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,142
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,805
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,041
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,773
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,749
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,748
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,728
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,686
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,630
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395		6,451
AMD A8-5557M APU		240