AMD

A8-5600K APU

A8-5600K APU
BENCHMARKS (9)
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Effective Speed -99%Effective Speed -99%Average Score -260%Memory -8%, 1-Core -208%, 2-Core -235%, 4-Core -295%, 8-Core -555%Overclocked Score -235%1-Core -184%, 2-Core -197%, 4-Core -266%, 8-Core -515%, Memory -11%Value & Sentiment -94%User Rating -94%Nice To Haves -669%64-Core -880%, 64-Core -927%, Age -201%

Average Bench: 53.4% (705^th of 1442)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Device: 00610F01178BFBFF Model: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

Poor: 41%Average: 53.4% Great: 59%

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Average average bench

The AMD A8-5600K APU averaged 46.6% 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 76.7Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 60Pts

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-5600K APU is just 17.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A8-5600K APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 184Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 180Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 70553.4%

Min	Avg	Max
64.5	Memory 76.7	83.4
46.2	1-Core 60	68.6
71	2-Core 108	130
51.4% 81.5 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
93.3	4-Core 176	206
124	8-Core 180	208
23.7% 178 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
142	64-Core 184	206
11.4% 184 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 4 years ago.A8-5600K APU,

P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

58% Above average

Memory 81

1-Core 66.5

2-Core 120

56% 89.1 Pts

4-Core 204

8-Core 208

28% 206 Pts

64-Core 202

12% 202 Pts

PRT-User, 4 years ago.A8-5600K APU,

P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

57.6% Above average

Memory 80.7

1-Core 66.1

2-Core 124

56% 90.2 Pts

4-Core 202

8-Core 198

27% 200 Pts

64-Core 190

12% 190 Pts

AUS-User, 6 years ago.A8-5600K APU,

P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

53.4% Above average

Memory 76

1-Core 64

2-Core 116

53% 85.2 Pts

4-Core 180

8-Core 184

24% 182 Pts

64-Core 187

12% 187 Pts

GBR-User, 5 years ago.A8-5600K APU,

P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

49.8% Average

Memory 74.5

1-Core 52.3

2-Core 108

49% 78.3 Pts

4-Core 147

8-Core 156

20% 152 Pts

64-Core 169

10% 169 Pts

USA-User, 3 years ago.A8-5600K APU,

P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

49.2% Average

Memory 64.5

1-Core 46.2

2-Core 98.5

43% 69.7 Pts

4-Core 198

8-Core 193

26% 196 Pts

64-Core 179

11% 179 Pts

TWN-User, 6 years ago.A8-5600K APU,

P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz

41.3% Average

Memory 66.1

1-Core 55.8

2-Core 86.3

44% 69.4 Pts

4-Core 93.3

8-Core 124

14% 109 Pts

64-Core 142

9% 142 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,716,789 CPUs tested

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