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.

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.
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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: 57.46

Overall Rank: 1847

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

Average CPU Mark

2870

Single Thread Rating: 1499
Samples: 60*
*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	19,806 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,311 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	880.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	46.8 MBytes/Sec
Physics	237 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,191 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,499 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2022.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of December 2022

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 2022.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 4th of December 2022 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,546
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,694
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,218
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,997
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,947
Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz		19,160
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,592
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,802
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,554
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,347
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,870

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of December 2022 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		171.47
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		163.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		86.56
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		81.05
Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz		62.41
AMD A8-6500B APU		57.46
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		48.52
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		36.45
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 4th of December 2022 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,210
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,851
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,829
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,738
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,354
Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz		3,069
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,950
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,893
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,665
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD A8-6500B APU		1,499

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1639084 - Sep 30 2022		2627
BL1594374 - Jul 12 2022		3096
BL1568018 - May 19 2022		2642
BL1523181 - Feb 26 2022		3025
BL1479928 - Dec 15 2021		3057

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6500B APU
As of 4th of December 2022 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6500B APU		2,870
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,366 (+17.3%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,574 (+24.5%)
Intel Core i3-4360 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,558 (+24.0%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,176 (+10.7%)
Intel Core i3-4160T @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,137 (+9.3%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,090 (+7.7%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,306 (+15.2%)
AMD FX-4200 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,109 (+8.3%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,962 (+3.2%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		2,237 (-22.1%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,377 (+17.6%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6500B APU		3,353 (+16.8%)

Is the AMD A8-6500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of December 2022 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,758
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,748
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,083
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,800
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,691
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,645
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,502
Intel Core i9-12900KS		6,480
Intel Core i7-13700KF		6,357
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X		6,205
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X		6,002
Intel Core i9-12900K		5,823
AMD A8-6500B APU		463

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