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AMD A8-5600K APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A8-5600K APU can be found below. 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: 41.22

Overall Rank: 2348

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

Average CPU Mark
rating
2845

Single Thread Rating: 1429
Samples: 1084*
*Margin for error: Low



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

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

Integer Math18,887 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,964 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,058 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption866.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression48,153 KBytes/Sec
Physics250 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,201 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,429 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of March 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of March 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of March 2024.
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


Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2044818 - Mar 07 2024
3081
BL2029807 - Feb 20 2024
3160
BL2029765 - Feb 20 2024
2927
BL2028127 - Feb 18 2024
3039
BL2025196 - Feb 15 2024
2466
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU
2,845
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,727 (-4.1%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,596 (-8.8%)
Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,435 (-14.4%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
3,436 (+20.8%)
Intel Core i3-3245 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,363 (-16.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,614 (-8.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,503 (-12.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,464 (-13.4%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,301 (-19.1%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,240 (-21.3%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU
2,165 (-23.9%)
Intel Core i5-2500S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU
3,393 (+19.3%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
9,258
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
9,073
Intel Core i9-13900KS
8,563
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
8,409
Intel Core i9-14900K
8,178
Intel Core i9-14900KF
8,023
Intel Core i9-14900F
8,019
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
7,871
Intel Core i9-13900K
7,800
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX
7,602
Intel Core i7-14700K
7,543
Intel Core i7-13790F
7,532
AMD A8-5600K APU
315