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AMD A8-6600K APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-6600K 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 A8-6600K APU Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD A8-6600K APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.2 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 2 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 100 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 A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 156.44

Overall Rank:
2597th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
2293rd fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
767th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $19.19 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
3002
Single Thread Rating
1531

Samples: 1060*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,681
Thread: 1,459

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-6600K APU

Integer Math19,792 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,283 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting6,351 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption930.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression51,576 KBytes/Sec
Physics256 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,264 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,531 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-6600K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th 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
 58,751
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 A8-6600K APU
 3,002
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
AMD A8-6600K APU
 156.44
Intel Core i9-12900K
 130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.61
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.34
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 A8-6600K APU
 1,531
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-6600K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2453078 - Mar 02 2025
2982
BL2450068 - Mar 01 2025
3326
BL2436153 - Feb 23 2025
2894
BL2435826 - Feb 23 2025
3212
BL2372643 - Jan 28 2025
3076
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-6600K APU
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,002
Intel Core i3-4130T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,895 (-3.6%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,615 (-12.9%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,454 (+15.1%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,084 (+2.7%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,322 (+10.7%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,188 (+6.2%)
AMD Athlon X4 760K Quad Core vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,988 (-0.5%)
AMD A8-6500 APU vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,828 (-5.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 2,277 (-24.2%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,685 (+22.7%)
Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,500 (+16.6%)
Intel Core i3-4340 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD A8-6600K APU
 3,460 (+15.3%)

Is the AMD A8-6600K 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 A8-6600K APU
 490