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AMD A8-6500B APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-6500B 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 A8-6500B APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-6500B 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 A8-6500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 49.75

Overall Rank:
3214th fastest in multithreading out of 5495 CPUs
2982nd fastest in single threading out of 5495 CPUs
891st fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $49.95 USD (2020-05-09)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2485
Single Thread Rating
1333

Samples: 178*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,677
Thread: 1,475

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-6500B APU

Integer Math16,757 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,586 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,008 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption771.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression40,971 KBytes/Sec
Physics207 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,049 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,333 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,548
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,348
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,953
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,549
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,107
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,142
AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,485
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 263.94
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 164.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 159.57
Intel Core i9-14900K
 133.37
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.20
Intel Core i9-13900K
 106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 53.74
AMD A8-6500B APU
 49.75
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 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,677
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
AMD A8-6500B APU
 1,333
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3125345 - Dec 11 2025
1622
BL3123456 - Dec 10 2025
1892
BL3122951 - Dec 10 2025
1925
BL3106950 - Dec 04 2025
2966
BL3087975 - Nov 27 2025
1669
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500B APU
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,485
Intel Core i3-4160T @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 3,088 (+24.3%)
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,065 (-16.9%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,994 (+20.5%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,615 (+5.2%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,276 (-8.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,546 (+2.5%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,544 (+2.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,422 (-2.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,367 (-4.7%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,351 (-5.4%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,254 (-9.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU
 2,011 (-19.1%)

Is the AMD A8-6500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,440
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,444
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,309
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,269
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,699
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,469
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,409
AMD A8-6500B APU
 406