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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: 55.60

Overall Rank:
2763rd fastest in multithreading out of 5120 CPUs
2408th fastest in single threading out of 5120 CPUs
815th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2777

Single Thread Rating

1499

Samples: 90*
*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	18,959 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,103 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,825 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	877.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	46,468 KBytes/Sec
Physics	212 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,177 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,499 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 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 May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,696
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,314
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,137
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,863
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,474
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,176
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,709
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,777

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		148.60
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.22
AMD A8-6500B APU		55.60
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		51.93
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i5-12400F		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,479
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD A8-6500B APU		1,499

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2602954 - May 05 2025		2898
BL2597083 - May 02 2025		2912
BL2596765 - May 02 2025		2912
BL2596590 - May 02 2025		2911
BL2592897 - Apr 30 2025		2899

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 May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,777
Intel Core i3-4160T @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,117 (+12.2%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,108 (+11.9%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,328 (+19.8%)
AMD FX-4200 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,119 (+12.3%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,990 (+7.7%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,274 (-18.1%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,400 (+22.4%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,116 (+12.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,536 (-8.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,412 (-13.1%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,343 (-15.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,263 (-18.5%)

Is the AMD A8-6500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,497
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,324
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,598
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,514
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,812
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,682
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,529
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,406
AMD A8-6500B APU		431