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.

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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: 91.85

Overall Rank:
3234th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
3001st fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
892nd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2553

Single Thread Rating

1346

Samples: 675*
*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	17,223 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,721 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,190 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	781.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	42,025 KBytes/Sec
Physics	217 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,080 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,346 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th 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 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,465
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,304
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,703
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,578
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,680
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,553

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.64
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		126.76
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.66
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
AMD A8-6500 APU		91.85
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.63
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,695
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 A8-6500 APU		1,346

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3231814 - Jan 21 2026		3098
BL3231059 - Jan 21 2026		3011
BL3207761 - Jan 12 2026		2333
BL3207514 - Jan 12 2026		1584
BL3199799 - Jan 09 2026		1425

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500 APU
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,553
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,011 (+17.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,160 (-15.4%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,124 (+22.3%)
Intel Core i3-2130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,066 (-19.1%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,189 (+24.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,456 (-3.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,216 (-13.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,180 (-14.6%)
Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		1,885 (-26.2%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,688 (+44.4%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,627 (+2.9%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,354 (-7.8%)

Is the AMD A8-6500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,422
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		10,515
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,391
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,206
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
AMD A8-6500 APU		421

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