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AMD A8-6500 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-6500 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 A8-6500 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: 101.66

Overall Rank:
2604th fastest in multithreading out of 4947 CPUs
2346th fastest in single threading out of 4947 CPUs
771st fastest in out of 1404 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2826
Single Thread Rating
1474

Samples: 573*
*Margin for error: Low



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

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-6500 APU

Integer Math19,004 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,134 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,852 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption861.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression47,185 KBytes/Sec
Physics240 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,197 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,474 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of January 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of January 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 25th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,871
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,402
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,080
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,577
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,112
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,881
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,226
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,730
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,610
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,154
AMD A8-6500 APU
 2,826
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 25th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 188.64
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 187.03
Intel Core i9-12900K
 146.05
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 134.76
Intel Core i9-13900K
 128.26
AMD A8-6500 APU
 101.66
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.54
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 45.56
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 25th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,153
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,025
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,925
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,565
AMD A8-6500 APU
 1,474
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2347559 - Jan 16 2025
3100
BL2256720 - Nov 26 2024
3171
BL2240736 - Nov 09 2024
2722
BL2231680 - Oct 28 2024
2675
BL2209215 - Oct 02 2024
2955
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500 APU
As of 25th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500 APU
 2,826
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 3,404 (+20.4%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 3,442 (+21.8%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 3,206 (+13.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 2,138 (-24.3%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 3,047 (+7.8%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 3,401 (+20.3%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 3,320 (+17.5%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 2,999 (+6.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 2,425 (-14.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 2,181 (-22.8%)
Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 1,881 (-33.4%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU
 3,683 (+30.3%)

Is the AMD A8-6500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 25th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,870
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,682
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,613
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,312
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,852
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,569
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,488
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,353
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
 9,177
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,153
Intel Core i9-14900KS
 9,107
AMD A8-6500 APU
 464