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.

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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: 156.76

Overall Rank:
3009th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
2654th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
841st fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3008

Single Thread Rating

1526

Samples: 1127*
*Margin for error: Low

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

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

Integer Math	19,642 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,261 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	12 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,291 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	937.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	51,405 KBytes/Sec
Physics	259 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,271 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,526 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,452
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,292
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,583
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,083
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD A8-6600K APU		3,008

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD A8-6600K APU		156.76
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th 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 A8-6600K APU		1,526

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3267354 - Feb 06 2026		3286
BL3265550 - Feb 05 2026		2832
BL3265386 - Feb 05 2026		3277
BL3242848 - Jan 26 2026		3358
BL3218433 - Jan 16 2026		2970

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6600K APU
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6600K APU		3,008
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,868 (-4.7%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,628 (-12.6%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,467 (+15.3%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,124 (+3.8%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,338 (+11.0%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,194 (+6.2%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,977 (-1.1%)
AMD A8-6500 APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,556 (-15.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,264 (-24.8%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,688 (+22.6%)
Intel Core i3-4340 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,510 (+16.7%)
Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,485 (+15.8%)

Is the AMD A8-6600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,429
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD A8-6600K APU		494

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