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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?

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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: 34.09

Overall Rank:
2699th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
2391st fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
795th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3001

Single Thread Rating

1529

Samples: 1071*
*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	19,724 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,285 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,337 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	930.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	51,461 KBytes/Sec
Physics	256 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,266 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,529 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of June 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$88.02 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,650
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,014
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,487
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,654
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD A8-6600K APU		3,001

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.00
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.56
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		152.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		146.63
Intel Core i9-12900K		142.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
AMD A8-6600K APU		34.09
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 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD A8-6600K APU		1,529

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2706753 - Jun 19 2025		2981
BL2689456 - Jun 11 2025		3323
BL2653433 - May 26 2025		3428
BL2652150 - May 26 2025		3375
BL2651021 - May 25 2025		3326

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6600K APU
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6600K APU		3,001
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,330 (+11.0%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,201 (+6.7%)
AMD FX-4350 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,176 (+5.8%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,114 (+3.8%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,958 (-1.4%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,869 (-4.4%)
Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,459 (-18.1%)
AMD FX-B4150 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU		3,369 (+12.3%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,741 (-8.7%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,537 (-15.4%)
Intel Core i5-2390T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,506 (-16.5%)
AMD A8-3850 APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU		2,412 (-19.6%)

Is the AMD A8-6600K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,451
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,150
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,298
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,483
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,804
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,640
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,528
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,517
AMD A8-6600K APU		490