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A8-5500B APU

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 48.5% (841st of 1442)

Based on 2,596 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F01, Model: AMD A8-5500B APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 37%Average: 48.5% Great: 56%
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD A8-5500B APU averaged 51.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 69.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 56.8Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-5500B APU is just 19.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A8-5500B APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 163Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 161Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,596 samples)
Rank 84148.5%
Min Avg Max
50.8 Memory 69.7 81.8
40.1 1-Core 56.8 65
69.8 2-Core 102 119
47.7% 76.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
103 4-Core 159 188
109 8-Core 161 188
21.4% 160 Pts
Min Avg Max
115 64-Core 163 188
10.1% 163 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
58.6% Above average
Memory 99.7
1-Core 54.6
2-Core 89.8
56% 81.4 Pts
4-Core 99.3
8-Core 146
15% 123 Pts
64-Core 147
9% 147 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
53.8% Above average
Memory 80.9
1-Core 59.8
2-Core 106
52% 82.2 Pts
4-Core 157
8-Core 158
21% 158 Pts
64-Core 160
10% 160 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
49.6% Average
Memory 70
1-Core 60.9
2-Core 113
50% 81.4 Pts
4-Core 171
8-Core 172
23% 172 Pts
64-Core 171
11% 171 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
47.5% Average
Memory 75.6
1-Core 55.6
2-Core 93
48% 74.7 Pts
4-Core 115
8-Core 119
16% 117 Pts
64-Core 127
8% 127 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
47.3% Average
Memory 75.5
1-Core 45.4
2-Core 81.2
45% 67.4 Pts
4-Core 113
8-Core 121
15% 117 Pts
64-Core 124
8% 124 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
44.6% Average
Memory 68.3
1-Core 57.2
2-Core 103
47% 76.3 Pts
4-Core 116
8-Core 162
18% 139 Pts
64-Core 161
10% 161 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
44% Average
Memory 58.6
1-Core 60.9
2-Core 115
46% 78.2 Pts
4-Core 171
8-Core 172
23% 172 Pts
64-Core 173
11% 173 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
42.6% Average
Memory 59.3
1-Core 56.5
2-Core 98.8
44% 71.5 Pts
4-Core 151
8-Core 154
20% 152 Pts
64-Core 154
10% 154 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
24.1% Poor
Memory 37.3
1-Core 32.1
2-Core 27.9
23% 32.4 Pts
4-Core 63.5
8-Core 67.4
9% 65.4 Pts
64-Core 64.3
4% 64.3 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 5%
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Desktop
Desktop 48%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
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System: HP Compaq Pro 6305 SFF

CPU
A8-5500B APUAMDBench 48%, 2,596 samples159x
GPU
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples134x
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples113x
Radeon HD 7660DAMDBench 5%, 7,665 samples42x
SSD
120G 120GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 66%, 4,962 samples8x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples6x
RAM
2x4GBHBench 28%, 136 samples20x
1x4GBHBench 22%, 243 samples18x
M 1x4GBSBench 21%, 245 samples17x
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