AMD A8-5600K
Benchmarks & Specs

The AMD A8-5600K is a desktop/server processor released in Q3 2012 with a release price of $95. The processor uses a mainboard with the FM2 socket. It is from the 2nd generation of the AMD A series and has 4 cores with 4 threads. The processor is based on a normal architecture and does not use hyperthreading, but can be overclocked. The clock frequency is 3.60 GHz, the turbo clock frequency with one core is 3.60 GHz and the turbo clock frequency with 4 cores is 3.90 GHz.
The AMD A8-5600K has integrated graphics. It uses the main memory as graphics memory, and the AMD Radeon HD 7560D has been integrated. The clock frequency for the iGPU is 760 MHz, it has 4 units and works with 256 shaders. The processor supports Direct X 11 and was manufactured in 32nm. The maximum memory is 2 GB.

The processor can decode h264, AVC, VC-1 and decode and encode JPEG. The memory type is DDR3-1866 and the processor has 2 memory channels. The thermal design power (TDP) of the processor is 100 W.
The processors L3 cache is 4.00 MB. The architecture is based on Trinity (Piledriver).
The processor scored 193 points in the Cinebench R20 (single-core) test, and 611 points in the R20 (multi-core) test.
The processor scored 501 points in the Geekbench 5, 64-bit (single-core) test, and 1,396 points in the Geekbench 5, 64-bit (multi-core) test. The processor achieved 711 points in the CPU-Z benchmark 17 (multi-core) test.

The iGPU has an FP32 processing power (single precision) of 389 GFLOPS. Expected results for the PassMark CPU Mark are 2,799 points for the processor. It scored 280 points in the Cinebench R15 (multi-core) test. In the Geekbench 3, 64-bit (single-core) test it scores 2,011 points, in Geekbench 3, 64-bit (multi-core) it scores 4,513 points.

• Integrated Graphics (Radeon HD 7560D)
• Good price-performance ratio
• Reliable for everyday tasks
• Based on Trinity architecture