AMD A8-5600K - CPU Specs

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Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
AMD A8-5000
Family
AMD A
Generation
2
Name
AMD A8-5600K
Predecessor
—
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
4
CPU Threads
4
Hyperthreading / SMT
No
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
3.9 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
3.9 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
11
Execution units
4
Generation
4
GPU Frequency
760 MHz
GPU name
AMD Radeon HD 7560D
GPU Turbo
No turbo
Max. displays
2
Max. GPU Memory
2 GB
Release date
Q3/2012
Shader
256
Technology
32 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Decode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
No
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
No
VP9
No

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
—
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR3-1866
PCIe lanes
—
PCIe version
—

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
100 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Trinity (Piledriver)
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
4.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q3/2012
Socket
FM2
Technology
32 nm
Virtualization
AMD-V

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A8-5600K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

495 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

433 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

754 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

960 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

923 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

870 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

622 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

655 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

574 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

529 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

35 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

740 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD A8-5600K with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

193

AMD A8-5600K

197

Intel Pentium Silver J5005

195

AMD A9-9425

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

611

AMD A8-5600K

632

Intel Core i7-5600U

615

Intel Celeron G5905

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

280

AMD A8-5600K

282

Intel Core i3-3210

281

Intel Celeron J4115

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

501

AMD A8-5600K

503

AMD Athlon II X4 750K

503

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1396

AMD A8-5600K

1407

Samsung Exynos 8895

1403

AMD Athlon II X4 760K

All the benchmark results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

389 GFLOPS

AMD A8-5600K

400 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-4300M

400 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-4330M

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

2011

AMD A8-5600K

2016

Intel Core i3-6006U

2016

Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

4513

AMD A8-5600K

4525

AMD A10-5750M

4525

AMD A10-5757M

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

AMD A8-5600K

1.02

Intel Celeron G530

1.01

AMD A10-7850K

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

3.2

AMD A8-5600K

3.21

Intel Core i3-6100H

3.21

Intel Core i3-4130T

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

AMD A8-5600K

43.3

Intel Core i7-8550U

43.3

Intel Core i7-8650U

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

4359

AMD A8-5600K

4396

Intel Core i3-7167U

4395

AMD FX-4200

All the benchmark results

Comparable benchmark results are required to suggest performance alternatives.

PL1 is the sustained processor power limit; PL2 is the short-term turbo power limit. They are not measured performance or efficiency.

The values are used to select the optimal cooling system and power supply.

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