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.

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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: 41.41

Overall Rank:
3083rd fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
2863rd fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
858th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2857

Single Thread Rating

1429

Samples: 1173*
*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	18,634 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,960 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,946 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	878.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	48,038 KBytes/Sec
Physics	251 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,215 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,429 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of February 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,284
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,132
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,857

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD A8-5600K APU		41.41
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD A8-5600K APU		1,429

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3286658 - Feb 14 2026		3130
BL3280095 - Feb 11 2026		2242
BL3277884 - Feb 10 2026		2381
BL3241278 - Jan 25 2026		2824
BL3240065 - Jan 25 2026		2244

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5600K APU
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5600K APU		2,857
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,339 (+16.8%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,968 (+3.9%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,618 (-8.4%)
Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,485 (+22.0%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,755 (-3.6%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,726 (-4.6%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,502 (+22.6%)
AMD Athlon X4 860K vs AMD A8-5600K APU		3,419 (+19.7%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,993 (+4.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,662 (-6.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,552 (-10.7%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5600K APU		2,276 (-20.4%)

Is the AMD A8-5600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,433
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,380
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD A8-5600K APU		316

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