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A8-6500 APU

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 49.8% (799th of 1442)

Based on 7,219 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00610F31, Model: AMD A8-6500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 40%Average: 49.8% Great: 58%
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

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Below average average bench

The AMD A8-6500 APU averaged 50.2% 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 70Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 62.3Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-6500 APU is just 17.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A8-6500 APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 176Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 175Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 7,219 samples)
Rank 79949.8%
Min Avg Max
55 Memory 70 83.1
43.3 1-Core 62.3 71.6
77.8 2-Core 111 130
50.1% 81.2 Pts
Min Avg Max
112 4-Core 172 201
122 8-Core 175 200
23.2% 174 Pts
Min Avg Max
126 64-Core 176 201
10.9% 176 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
54.4% Above average
Memory 76.5
1-Core 66.4
2-Core 126
55% 89.7 Pts
4-Core 190
8-Core 186
25% 188 Pts
64-Core 186
12% 186 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
53.6% Above average
Memory 77.6
1-Core 63.7
2-Core 115
53% 85.4 Pts
4-Core 174
8-Core 173
23% 173 Pts
64-Core 173
11% 173 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
53.4% Above average
Memory 78.7
1-Core 66
2-Core 129
56% 91.2 Pts
4-Core 163
8-Core 177
22% 170 Pts
64-Core 178
11% 178 Pts
FM2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
53.1% Above average
Memory 76.2
1-Core 65.4
2-Core 110
53% 83.7 Pts
4-Core 176
8-Core 180
24% 178 Pts
64-Core 177
11% 177 Pts
FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
48.1% Average
Memory 63.9
1-Core 67.5
2-Core 129
51% 86.7 Pts
4-Core 189
8-Core 187
25% 188 Pts
64-Core 184
11% 184 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
48% Average
Memory 64.5
1-Core 64.7
2-Core 116
49% 81.6 Pts
4-Core 185
8-Core 177
24% 181 Pts
64-Core 186
12% 186 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
46.2% Average
Memory 61.3
1-Core 66.9
2-Core 112
48% 80.1 Pts
4-Core 181
8-Core 183
24% 182 Pts
64-Core 180
11% 180 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
43.4% Average
Memory 55.1
1-Core 66.4
2-Core 121
47% 80.9 Pts
4-Core 185
8-Core 186
25% 185 Pts
64-Core 186
12% 186 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 51%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Asus M11BB

CPU
A8-6500 APUAMD  $135Bench 50%, 7,219 samples50x
GPU
Radeon HD 8670DAMDBench 5%, 5,822 samples65x
Radeon HD 8570DAMDBench 4%, 8,328 samples19x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples10x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples7x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples6x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $35Bench 106%, 237,241 samples5x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples51x
SLZ302G08-GGNNG 6GBUnknownBench 28%, 189 samples10x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $163

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