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: 84.88

Overall Rank:
3596th fastest in multithreading out of 6045 CPUs
3419th fastest in single threading out of 6045 CPUs
970th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2360

Single Thread Rating

1260

Samples: 747*
*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	16,107 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,448 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,750 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	720.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	38,554 KBytes/Sec
Physics	200 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	999 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,260 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,189
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,053
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,567
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,537
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,023
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,360

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		175.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.11
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		98.86
Intel Core i9-13900K		95.77
AMD A8-6500 APU		84.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.55
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD A8-6500 APU		1,260

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3628698 - Aug 04 2026		2906
BL3628599 - Aug 04 2026		2517
BL3621455 - Jul 31 2026		1240
BL3621124 - Jul 31 2026		1676
BL3616814 - Jul 29 2026		606

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500 APU
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500 APU		2,360
Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		1,893 (-19.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,168 (-8.1%)
Intel Core i3-2130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,067 (-12.4%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		1,897 (-19.6%)
AMD A6-3600 APU vs AMD A8-6500 APU		1,780 (-24.6%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		3,474 (+47.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,464 (+4.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,252 (-4.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,184 (-7.5%)
Intel Celeron G1840 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		1,778 (-24.6%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6500 APU		1,776 (-24.7%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500 APU		2,631 (+11.5%)

Is the AMD A8-6500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,467
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,102
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,681
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,492
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,055
AMD A8-6500 APU		390

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