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A8-5600K APU

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2 Cores, 4 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 49.1% (840th of 1463)

Based on 14,744 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F01, Model: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 34%Average: 49.1% Great: 59%
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Popular builds with this CPU

Below average average bench

The AMD A8-5600K APU averaged 50.8% 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 70.4Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 58.8Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-5600K APU is 25.2%. 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 169Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 167Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 14,744 samples)
Rank 84049.1%
Min Avg Max
49.8 Memory 70.4 86.2
31.1 1-Core 58.8 70.5
62.6 2-Core 106 132
48.7% 78.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
87.7 4-Core 163 202
102 8-Core 167 202
22% 165 Pts
Min Avg Max
101 64-Core 169 202
10.4% 169 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
58% Above average
Memory 84.6
1-Core 64.4
2-Core 124
57% 91.1 Pts
4-Core 184
8-Core 189
25% 187 Pts
64-Core 189
12% 189 Pts
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
55.7% Above average
Memory 80.9
1-Core 64
2-Core 123
55% 89.4 Pts
4-Core 181
8-Core 169
24% 175 Pts
64-Core 169
10% 169 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
50.8% Above average
Memory 82.8
1-Core 51.5
2-Core 68.7
47% 67.7 Pts
4-Core 111
8-Core 122
15% 116 Pts
64-Core 126
8% 126 Pts
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
49.6% Average
Memory 69.1
1-Core 33.5
2-Core 78.6
40% 60.4 Pts
4-Core 179
8-Core 159
23% 169 Pts
64-Core 181
11% 181 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
48.9% Average
Memory 63.3
1-Core 70.4
2-Core 127
52% 86.9 Pts
4-Core 201
8-Core 203
27% 202 Pts
64-Core 201
12% 201 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
47.1% Average
Memory 73.9
1-Core 49.3
2-Core 93.5
46% 72.2 Pts
4-Core 116
8-Core 143
17% 129 Pts
64-Core 140
9% 140 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
46.6% Average
Memory 67.1
1-Core 41.2
2-Core 74.6
40% 61 Pts
4-Core 150
8-Core 170
21% 160 Pts
64-Core 169
10% 169 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
42% Average
Memory 52.7
1-Core 64.6
2-Core 120
46% 79.1 Pts
4-Core 182
8-Core 181
24% 181 Pts
64-Core 181
11% 181 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
27% Poor
Memory 36
1-Core 62.9
2-Core 61.8
33% 53.6 Pts
4-Core 100
8-Core 128
15% 114 Pts
64-Core 53.8
3% 53.8 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 68,738,727 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 - $75

CPU
A8-5600K APUAMD  $250Bench 49%, 14,744 samples37x
GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples26x
Radeon HD 7540DAMDBench 3%, 4,337 samples19x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples10x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples11x
A400 120GBKingston  $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples5x
870 Evo 250GBSamsung  $48Bench 101%, 14,082 samples4x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples4x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 48% - Average Total price: $350

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3 months ago.

DEU-User
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5,835

Poor

2 years ago.

best apu u can get if ur poor

CAN-User
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5,050

Excellent

3 years ago.

miren el procesador esta bien, con el y una tarjeta de video 1030 se pude jugar raimbow six hasta entre 80 y 100 fps y la verdad es bastante decente el logrado jugar varios juegos exigentes como Rúst., Raimbow six, CSGO y otros solo haciendo algunos ajustes gráficos y debo decir que para jugar en un monitor de no mas de 60hz o de 75hz es una opción bastante buena y económica para aquellos jugadores casuales, eso si puedes olvidarte del stream si vas a comprar estos componentes, ojo y si tienes una refrigeracion liquida y logras overclockearlo por encima de los 4.55ghz. podrás explotar su rendimiento al máximo, yo solo cuento con un radiador(no refrigeración liquida) y e podido overclockearlo a 4.55ghz, lógicamente, el overclock también depende de lo buena que sea la placa de cilicio de tu procesador.

HRV-User
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Terrible

3 years ago.

Rendering is to fast i cant jugment that processor

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