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AMD A8-6500 APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A8-6500 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 A8-6500 APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-6500 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 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 A8-6500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 101.03

Overall Rank: 2391

Last Price Change: $27.80 USD (2023-05-13)

Average CPU Mark

2809

Single Thread Rating: 1467
Samples: 558*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,458
Thread: 1,433

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-6500 APU

Integer Math	18,953 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,110 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,852 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	852.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	47,181 KBytes/Sec
Physics	240 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,187 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,467 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of April 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	$27.80 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 20th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,344
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,363
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,651
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,577
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,019
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,912
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,323
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,768
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,431
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,184
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,809

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 20th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.81
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.09
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.12
AMD A8-6500 APU		101.03
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.72
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.43
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 20th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,635
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,173
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,037
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,928
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,839
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,932
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,661
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,568
AMD A8-6500 APU		1,467

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2075789 - Apr 12 2024		3208
BL2075036 - Apr 11 2024		3177
BL2074217 - Apr 10 2024		2670
BL2071577 - Apr 06 2024		2567
BL2047945 - Mar 11 2024		2575

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500 APU
As of 20th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,809
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,394 (+20.8%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,307 (+17.7%)
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,219 (+14.6%)
AMD A10-7700K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,200 (+13.9%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,958 (+5.3%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,263 (-19.4%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,420 (+21.8%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,010 (+7.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,378 (-15.3%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,034 (+8.0%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,416 (+21.6%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,313 (+18.0%)

Is the AMD A8-6500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 20th of April 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,651
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,259
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,069
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,571
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,404
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,173
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,987
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,883
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,795
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,573
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,532
AMD A8-6500 APU		463