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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?

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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: 41.45

Overall Rank:
2975th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
2768th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
836th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2861

Single Thread Rating

1429

Samples: 1154*
*Margin for error: Low

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

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

Integer Math	18,675 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,963 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,981 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	879.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	48,015 KBytes/Sec
Physics	253 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,211 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,429 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,563
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,419
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,517
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,861

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		264.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		170.71
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		144.83
Intel Core i5-12400F		128.61
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.59
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.32
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
AMD A8-5600K APU		41.45
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 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
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		3,679
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 A8-5600K APU		1,429

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3033571 - Nov 07 2025		3047
BL3023939 - Nov 03 2025		3053
BL3008658 - Oct 27 2025		3080
BL3007786 - Oct 27 2025		2934
BL3005372 - Oct 26 2025 [Excluded]		1484

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,861
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,968 (+3.7%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,615 (-8.6%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,747 (-4.0%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,723 (-4.8%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,427 (+19.8%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,332 (+16.5%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,993 (+4.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,657 (-7.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,544 (-11.1%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,277 (-20.4%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,265 (-20.8%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,252 (-21.3%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,414
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,505
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,622
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,499
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,482
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,419
AMD A8-5600K APU		316