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AMD A8-5600K APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5600K 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 A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD A8-5600K APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 100 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 A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 41.49

Overall Rank:
2721st fastest in multithreading out of 5104 CPUs
2554th fastest in single threading out of 5104 CPUs
806th fastest in out of 1444 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $69.01 USD (2022-08-25)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2863
Single Thread Rating
1429

Samples: 1116*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,517
Thread: 1,385

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5600K APU

Integer Math18,804 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,975 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,053 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption876.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression48,347 KBytes/Sec
Physics253 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,209 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,429 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of April 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of April 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$69.01 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 28th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,722
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,323
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,041
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,485
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,130
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,866
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,182
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,711
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,144
AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,863
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K
 147.32
Intel Core i9-12900K
 130.81
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.31
AMD A8-5600K APU
 41.49
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
Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,680
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,563
AMD A8-5600K APU
 1,429
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2572655 - Apr 22 2025
2949
BL2566893 - Apr 19 2025
2936
BL2566769 - Apr 19 2025
2933
BL2566652 - Apr 19 2025
3103
BL2540098 - Apr 08 2025
3005
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 28th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,863
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,954 (+3.2%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,736 (-4.4%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,713 (-5.3%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,611 (-8.8%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 3,325 (+16.1%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,987 (+4.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,656 (-7.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,535 (-11.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,484 (-13.2%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,340 (-18.3%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,275 (-20.5%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
 2,255 (-21.2%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,376
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,166
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,309
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,844
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,614
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,291
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,814
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,688
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,532
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,428
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,295
AMD A8-5600K APU
 316