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AMD A8-5500 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5500 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 A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-5500 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 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 A8-5500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 44.25

Overall Rank:
2659th fastest in multithreading out of 4898 CPUs
2557th fastest in single threading out of 4898 CPUs
791st fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $58.95 USD (2020-06-17)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2609

Single Thread Rating

1334

Samples: 959*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,048
Thread: 1,266

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5500 APU

Integer Math	17,452 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,684 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,427 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	788.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,542 KBytes/Sec
Physics	238 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,080 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,334 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of November 2024.
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 27th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,996
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,112
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,596
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,083
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,258
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,746
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,570
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,609

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		223.17
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
Intel Core i9-13900K		155.22
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		151.02
Intel Core i9-12900K		148.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.86
AMD A8-5500 APU		44.25
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 27th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD A8-5500 APU		1,334

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2234671 - Nov 01 2024		2814
BL2231329 - Oct 28 2024		2753
BL2227954 - Oct 24 2024		2651
BL2227091 - Oct 23 2024		2882
BL2226326 - Oct 22 2024		1927

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 27th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,609
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,855 (+9.5%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,265 (-13.2%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,742 (+5.1%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,696 (+3.4%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,328 (-10.8%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,174 (-16.7%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,174 (-16.7%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		3,194 (+22.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,641 (+1.2%)
AMD A8-5500B APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,609 (+0.0%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,532 (-2.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,518 (-3.5%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,264
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,223
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,711
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,329
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,872
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,556
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,470
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,245
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,939
AMD A8-5500 APU		447