AMD A8-5600K Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD A8-5600K has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the AMD A series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FM2 socket and was released in Q3/2012. The AMD A8-5600K scores 501 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,396 points.
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| Name: | AMD A8-5600K |
| Family: | AMD A |
| CPU group: | AMD A8-5000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 2 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The AMD A8-5600K has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-5600K is 3.60 GHz (3.90 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 4 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 4x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | Yes |
| Frequency: | 3.60 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 3.90 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | 3.90 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The AMD A8-5600K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD A8-5600K uses the AMD Radeon HD 7560D, which has 256 texture shaders and 4 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | AMD Radeon HD 7560D |
| GPU frequency: | 0.76 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Execution units: | 4 |
| Shader: | 256 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Max. displays: | 2 |
| Generation: | 4 |
| Direct X: | 11 |
| Technology: | 32 nm |
| Release date: | Q3/2012 |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1866 |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 100 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 100 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The AMD A8-5600K is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 32 nm |
| Chip design: | |
| Socket: | FM2 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 4.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Trinity (Piledriver) |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date: | Q3/2012 |
| Release price: | 95 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD A8-5600K have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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.
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Intel Pentium Silver J5005
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD A9-9425
2C 2T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD FX-6300
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y10c
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-2520M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i7-5600U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G5905
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-1000NG4
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 945
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N5100
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8500Y
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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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.
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AMD Athlon II X4 750K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-8320E
8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 675
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD Athlon II X4 760K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 955
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3230M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-680
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD FX-4300
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i7-4770K
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.25 GHz |
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UNISOC T770
ARM Mali-G57 MP4 @ 0.78 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13650HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.55 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
Qualcomm Adreno 430 @ 0.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-5500B
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD Phenom II X3 715
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X3 720
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X3 B73
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i3-550
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G4400
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3537U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3210M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-2520M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4300U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i3-3210
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J4115
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6300U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6560U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3380M
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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Intel Core i3-6006U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4
6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD FX-8120
8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5005U
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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AMD A10-5750M
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD A10-5757M
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X3 B77
3C 3T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 610e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 900e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Celeron G530
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD A10-7850K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD A9-9425
2C 2T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD A9-9420
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i3-4130T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-6100H
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4200M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-6260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.|
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Intel Core i7-7600U
Intel HD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8550U
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8650U
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz |
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AMD A8-5600K
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6
Intel HD Graphics P630 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6
Intel HD Graphics P630 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-7700T
Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R20 (SC)
634 entries
634 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
581 entries
581 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,684 entries
1,684 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,671 entries
1,671 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,875 entries
1,875 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
1,453 entries
1,453 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
719 entries
719 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries
1,097 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries
942 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries
938 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
824 entries
824 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
835 entries
835 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
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.
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