AMD A8-6500B APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A8-6500B APU can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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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 Size: L1: 320 KB, L2: 8.0 MB,

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 57.41

Overall Rank: 1939

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

Average CPU Mark

2868

Single Thread Rating: 1490
Samples: 61*
*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	19,704 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,278 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	881.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	46.8 MBytes/Sec
Physics	238 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,189 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,490 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of March 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of March 2023

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of March 2023.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,585
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,796
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,680
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,138
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,944
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,926
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,533
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,796
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,550
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,202
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,868

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		189.32
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.56
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		140.44
Intel Core i9-12900K		116.81
Intel Core i7-12700K		85.08
AMD A8-6500B APU		57.41
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		50.35
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		45.76
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,205
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,059
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,847
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,823
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,724
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,358
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,946
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,889
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,665
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD A8-6500B APU		1,490

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1736487 - Feb 03 2023		2836
BL1639084 - Sep 30 2022		2627
BL1594374 - Jul 12 2022		3096
BL1568018 - May 19 2022		2642
BL1523181 - Feb 26 2022		3025

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500B APU
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,868
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,386 (+18.1%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,366 (+17.4%)
Intel Core i3-4160T @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,158 (+10.1%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,069 (+7.0%)
Intel Core i3-4350 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,459 (+20.6%)
AMD FX-4200 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,109 (+8.4%)
Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,518 (+22.7%)
AMD A8-7600 APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,215 (+12.1%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,179 (+10.9%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,125 (+9.0%)
AMD A8-7650K vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,086 (+7.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,481 (-13.5%)

Is the AMD A8-6500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 25th of March 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,285
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,448
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,414
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,794
Intel Core i9-13900T		7,708
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,582
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,142
Intel Core i9-13900F		6,954
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,761
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,733
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,682
Intel Core i7-13700KF		6,623
AMD A8-6500B APU		463

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