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.

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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: 47.09

Overall Rank:
3368th fastest in multithreading out of 5783 CPUs
3193rd fastest in single threading out of 5783 CPUs
933rd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2352

Single Thread Rating

1264

Samples: 205*
*Margin for error: Low

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

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

Integer Math	16,294 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,427 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,718 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	726.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	38,691 KBytes/Sec
Physics	195 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	991 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,264 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,941
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,087
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,352

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.96
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.61
AMD A8-6500B APU		47.09
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
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 A8-6500B APU		1,264

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3258802 - Feb 02 2026		2995
BL3234057 - Jan 22 2026		2969
BL3225421 - Jan 19 2026		1382
BL3225327 - Jan 19 2026		924
BL3218757 - Jan 16 2026		1592

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500B APU
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,352
Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,061 (-12.4%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,615 (+11.2%)
Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,502 (+48.9%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,391 (+44.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,550 (+8.4%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,547 (+8.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,422 (+3.0%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,354 (+0.1%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,257 (-4.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,012 (-14.4%)
AMD A8-6500T APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		1,983 (-15.7%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		1,768 (-24.8%)

Is the AMD A8-6500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
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		10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD A8-6500B APU		384

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