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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: 44.23

Overall Rank:
2782nd fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
2671st fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
812th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2608

Single Thread Rating

1332

Samples: 963*
*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	17,461 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,686 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,417 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	788.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,482 KBytes/Sec
Physics	238 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,082 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,332 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 31st of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2025.
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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,757
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,608

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		108.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD A8-5500 APU		44.23
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
Intel Core i9-12900K		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st 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		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
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 A8-5500 APU		1,332

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2516948 - Mar 29 2025		2327
BL2337741 - Jan 12 2025		2581
BL2273517 - Dec 11 2024		2909
BL2260637 - Nov 30 2024		2483
BL2234671 - Nov 01 2024		2814

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500 APU
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500 APU		2,608
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,982 (+14.3%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,859 (+9.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,273 (-12.8%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,737 (+5.0%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,711 (+3.9%)
AMD A8-3870K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,335 (-10.5%)
AMD A8-3820 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,185 (-16.2%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,181 (-16.4%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,260 (-13.3%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,956 (+13.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,652 (+1.7%)
AMD A8-5500B APU vs AMD A8-5500 APU		2,584 (-0.9%)

Is the AMD A8-5500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,190
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,360
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,449
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,431
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD A8-5500 APU		446