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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: 53.21

Overall Rank:
2651st fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
2570th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
788th fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2609

Single Thread Rating

1325

Samples: 115*
*Margin for error: Low

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

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

Integer Math	16,986 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,632 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,414 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	803.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,842 KBytes/Sec
Physics	232 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,085 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,325 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5500B APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th 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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,005
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,594
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,156
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,609

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		172.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.46
AMD A8-5500B APU		53.21
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 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,835
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,687
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 A8-5500B APU		1,325

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5500B APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2224097 - Oct 19 2024		2489
BL2194911 - Sep 14 2024		2490
BL5062531 - Apr 24 2024		2876
BL2065142 - Mar 30 2024		1768
BL2050267 - Mar 13 2024		2135

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5500B APU
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5500B APU		2,609
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,193 (+22.4%)
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,696 (+3.3%)
Intel Core i3-3250 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,442 (-6.4%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,265 (-13.2%)
AMD A10-5800B APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,034 (+16.3%)
Intel Core i3-3245 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,379 (-8.8%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,316 (+27.1%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		3,081 (+18.1%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,855 (+9.4%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,609 (0.0%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,532 (-3.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-5500B APU		2,517 (-3.5%)

Is the AMD A8-5500B APU Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,240
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,715
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,486
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,942
AMD A8-5500B APU		437