AMD PRO A6-8500B

Benchmarks for the AMD PRO A6-8500B 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 PRO A6-8500B

Description: R5, 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G

Class: Laptop

Socket: FP4

Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 15 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD PRO A6-8500B R5, 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2016

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3936th fastest in multithreading out of 5822 CPUs
3096th fastest in single threading out of 5822 CPUs
898th fastest in out of 1618 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1592

Single Thread Rating

1317

Samples: 6*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,521
Thread: 1,430

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD PRO A6-8500B

Integer Math	7,868 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,510 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,654 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	484.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,555 KBytes/Sec
Physics	123 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	839 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,317 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD PRO A6-8500B

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of March 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of March 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,211
Apple M4 10 Core		23,685
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,603
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,737
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		17,987
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,453
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,643
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,591
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,381
AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,592

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.17
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.97
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.36
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.03
AMD PRO A6-8500B		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,885
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,500
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,001
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,883
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,612
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,586
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,391
AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,317

Last 4 Baselines for AMD PRO A6-8500B
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2776590 - Jul 19 2025		1555
BL2041117 - Mar 03 2024		1624
BL1860984 - Jul 15 2023		1637
BL1699070 - Dec 19 2022		1440

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

Popular comparisons for AMD PRO A6-8500B
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,592
Intel Celeron 3955U @ 2.00GHz vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,455 (-8.6%)
AMD A6-8500P vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,445 (-9.3%)
Intel Celeron 3765U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,270 (-20.2%)
Intel Celeron 3855U @ 1.60GHz vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,218 (-23.5%)
AMD A9-9410 vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,538 (-3.4%)
Intel Celeron N4020 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,536 (-3.5%)
Intel Celeron N4000 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,430 (-10.2%)
Intel Pentium 3805U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,197 (-24.8%)
AMD A9-9420 vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,529 (-4.0%)
Intel Pentium 3560M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,436 (-9.8%)
Intel Celeron 3865U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,344 (-15.6%)
AMD A6-9220 vs AMD PRO A6-8500B		1,322 (-17.0%)

Is the AMD PRO A6-8500B Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,792
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,359
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,985
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,891
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,904
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,893
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,691
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,890
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,698
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,666
AMD PRO A6-8500B		297

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