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AMD A8-5500B APU

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

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AMD A8-5500B 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 A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 52.70

Overall Rank:
2789th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
2698th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
815th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $49.04 USD (2020-12-12)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2584
Single Thread Rating
1316

Samples: 119*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,182
Thread: 1,286

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5500B APU

Integer Math16,856 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,604 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,344 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption794.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression43,193 KBytes/Sec
Physics229 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,077 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,316 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th 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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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
 58,751
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,495
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,584
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K
 130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.61
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.34
AMD A8-5500B APU
 52.70
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 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
 3,681
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 A8-5500B APU
 1,316
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2476765 - Mar 12 2025
1405
BL2416530 - Feb 15 2025
2544
BL2328896 - Jan 08 2025
2756
BL2257853 - Nov 27 2024
2688
BL2224097 - Oct 19 2024
2489
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500B APU
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,584
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,981 (+15.3%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,711 (+4.9%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,341 (-9.4%)
Intel Core i3-3220T @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 1,952 (-24.5%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 3,049 (+18.0%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 3,322 (+28.5%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 3,103 (+20.1%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,859 (+10.6%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,608 (+0.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,534 (-2.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,481 (-4.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-5500B APU
 2,410 (-6.8%)

Is the AMD A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,362
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
 9,695
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,433
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 9,328
AMD A8-5500B APU
 433