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AMD A8-6600K APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-6600K 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 A8-6600K APU Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD A8-6600K APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 100 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 A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 157.00

Overall Rank:
2901st fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
2558th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
819th fastest in out of 1476 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $19.19 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
3013
Single Thread Rating
1531

Samples: 1104*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,681
Thread: 1,459

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-6600K APU

Integer Math19,757 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,292 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,295 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption934.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression51,409 KBytes/Sec
Physics259 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,275 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,531 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of November 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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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,559
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,424
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,964
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,151
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,511
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,118
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,147
AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,013
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 255.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 183.61
AMD A8-6600K APU
 157.00
Intel Core i5-12400F
 145.33
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 138.16
Intel Core i9-14900K
 127.58
Intel Core i9-13900K
 103.41
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 53.77
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 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
AMD A8-6600K APU
 1,531
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3010798 - Oct 28 2025
3405
BL2990489 - Oct 20 2025
3179
BL2990443 - Oct 20 2025
2753
BL2990374 - Oct 20 2025
2373
BL2983905 - Oct 17 2025
3356
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6600K APU
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,013
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,880 (-4.4%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,628 (-12.8%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,475 (+15.3%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,059 (+1.5%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,332 (+10.6%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,196 (+6.1%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,978 (-1.2%)
AMD A8-6500 APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,594 (-13.9%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,690 (+22.5%)
Intel Core i3-6100 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 4,109 (+36.4%)
Intel Core i3-4340 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,490 (+15.8%)
Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,488 (+15.8%)

Is the AMD A8-6600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,801
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,504
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,498
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,614
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,503
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,478
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,432
AMD A8-6600K APU
 494