AMD A8-5600K

The AMD A8-5600K operates with:

CPU Cores 4.

CPU Threads: 4.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 3.90 GHz base 3.90 GHz all cores.

TDP: 100 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: FM2.

This version includes

4.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR3-1866 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Trinity (Piledriver) Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 32 nm

Virtualization AMD-V.

The product was released on Q3/2012.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

AMD A8-5600K

Family:

AMD A

CPU group:

AMD A8-5000

Predecessor:

Segment:

Desktop / Server

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

3.60 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

3.90 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Yes

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR3-1866

PCIe version:

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR3-1866

GPU name:

AMD Radeon HD 7560D

GPU frequency:

0.76 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

No turbo

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

256

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

32 nm

Release date:

Q3/2012

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Trinity (Piledriver)

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

AMD-V

L3-Cache:

4.00 MB

Release date:

Q3/2012

Socket:

FM2

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

100 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

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Intel Pentium Silver J5005 197 (25%)

AMD A9-9425 195 (25%)

AMD FX-6300 195 (25%)

AMD A8-5600K 193 (25%)

Intel Celeron J4125 192 (25%)

Intel Core M-5Y10c 191 (25%)

Intel Core i5-2520M 190 (24%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

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Intel Core i7-5600U 632 (3%)

Intel Celeron G5905 615 (2%)

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 612 (2%)

AMD A8-5600K 611 (2%)

AMD Phenom II X4 945 606 (2%)

Intel Core i7-8500Y 602 (2%)

AMD A4-3320M 597 (2%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

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Intel Core i3-3210 282 (3%)

Intel Celeron J4115 281 (3%)

Intel Core i5-6300U 281 (3%)

AMD A8-5600K 280 (3%)

Intel Core i7-6560U 280 (3%)

Intel Core i5-3380M 277 (3%)

AMD Athlon II X4 750K 276 (3%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

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AMD Athlon II X4 750K 503 (27%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G 503 (27%)

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 502 (27%)

AMD A8-5600K 501 (27%)

AMD FX-8320E 500 (26%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 498 (26%)

Intel Celeron 3955U 498 (26%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

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Samsung Exynos 8895 1407 (4%)

AMD Athlon II X4 760K 1403 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X4 955 1401 (4%)

AMD A8-5600K 1396 (4%)

AMD FX-4300 1394 (4%)

Intel Core i7-7600U 1377 (4%)

Intel Core i7-5500U 1374 (4%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

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Intel Core i5-4300M 400 (4%)

Intel Core i5-4330M 400 (4%)

Intel Core i7-4770K 400 (4%)

AMD A8-5600K 389 (4%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 389 (4%)

AMD A8-5500B 389 (4%)

AMD A8-5500 389 (4%)

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.

Intel Core i3-6006U 2016 (29%)

Intel Xeon E5-2603 v4 2016 (29%)

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 2016 (29%)

AMD A8-5600K 2011 (29%)

AMD FX-8120 1997 (29%)

Intel Core i3-5015U 1996 (29%)

Intel Core i3-5005U 1993 (29%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

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AMD A10-5750M 4525 (5%)

AMD A10-5757M 4525 (5%)

AMD Phenom II X3 B77 4519 (5%)

AMD A8-5600K 4513 (5%)

AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4488 (5%)

Intel Celeron G1840 4483 (5%)

Intel Core i3-4000M 4483 (5%)

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

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Intel Celeron G530 1.02 (39%)

AMD A10-7850K 1.01 (39%)

Intel Pentium 4405U 1.01 (39%)

AMD A8-5600K 1 (38%)

AMD A9-9425 1 (38%)

AMD A9-9420 1 (38%)

Intel Core i3-5010U 1 (38%)

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

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Intel Core i3-4130T 3.21 (6%)

Intel Core i3-6100H 3.21 (6%)

Intel Core i5-4200M 3.21 (6%)

AMD A8-5600K 3.2 (6%)

Intel Core i5-6200U 3.19 (6%)

AMD A10-7800 3.16 (6%)

Intel Core i5-6260U 3.15 (6%)

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

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Intel Core i7-7600U 43.3 (70%)

Intel Core i7-8550U 43.3 (70%)

Intel Core i7-8650U 43.3 (70%)

AMD A8-5600K 43 (70%)

Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 42.6 (69%)

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 42.6 (69%)

Intel Core i7-7700T 42.6 (69%)

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Intel Core i3-7167U 4396 (5%)

AMD FX-4200 4395 (5%)

AMD Phenom II X4 970 4361 (5%)

AMD A8-5600K 4359 (5%)

Intel Core i5-4308U 4355 (5%)

Intel Core i7-6500U 4355 (5%)

AMD A8-7650K 4340 (5%)