AMD A8-5500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A8-5500		AMD Ryzen 5 2600
CPU comparison AMD A8-5500 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A8-5500 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-5500 was released in Q3/2012. The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 was released in Q2/2018.

AMD A (112)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (85)
AMD A8-5000 (3)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 2000 (9)
2	Generation	2
Trinity (Piledriver)	Architecture	Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A8-5500 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (3.90 GHz).
AMD A8-5500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
4	Cores	6
4	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.20 GHz	Frequency	3.40 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.90 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A8-5500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon HD 7560D	GPU	no iGPU
0.76 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
4	GPU Generation	--
32 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
4	Compute units	--
256	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
11	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon HD 7560D	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD A8-5500 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD A8-5500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
DDR3-1866	Memory	DDR4-2933
	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	46.9 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	19.7 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A8-5500 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 is 65 W.
AMD A8-5500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The AMD A8-5500 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 cache has a total of 16.00 MB.
AMD A8-5500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 2600
32 nm	Technology	12 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FM2	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2012	Release date	Q2/2018
85 $	Release price	195 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-5500 (47%)

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-5500 (28%)

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	463 (47%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	977 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1258 (24%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	5351 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	4052 (31%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	13230 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	1040 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	7555 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	1233 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	5387 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	374 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	2736 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A8-5500 AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz	389 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	104 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	292.5 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	424 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	3340 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	158 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-5500 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1305 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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