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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: 34.11

Overall Rank:
2592nd fastest in multithreading out of 5033 CPUs
2290th fastest in single threading out of 5033 CPUs
764th fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $88.02 USD (2023-04-08)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
3002
Single Thread Rating
1531

Samples: 1060*
*Margin for error: Low



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

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

Integer Math19,792 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,283 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,351 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption930.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression51,576 KBytes/Sec
Physics256 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,264 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,531 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$88.02 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,766
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,052
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,500
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,199
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,633
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,002
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K
 137.79
Intel Core i9-13900K
 94.18
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.35
AMD A8-6600K APU
 34.11
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 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
AMD A8-6600K APU
 1,531
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2453078 - Mar 02 2025
2982
BL2450068 - Mar 01 2025
3326
BL2436153 - Feb 23 2025
2894
BL2435826 - Feb 23 2025
3212
BL2372643 - Jan 28 2025
3076
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6600K APU
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,002
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,188 (+6.2%)
AMD FX-4350 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,281 (+9.3%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,113 (+3.7%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,955 (-1.6%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,859 (-4.8%)
Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,451 (-18.3%)
AMD FX-B4150 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,369 (+12.2%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,737 (-8.8%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,537 (-15.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,350 (-21.7%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,257 (-24.8%)
Intel Core i5-2390T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,493 (-16.9%)

Is the AMD A8-6600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,331
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,597
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,536
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,296
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,825
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,730
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,514
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,390
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 9,358
AMD A8-6600K APU
 490