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AMD A8-5600K

AMD AMD A8-5600K

The AMD A8-5600K is a desktop APU based on the Trinity architecture. The chip is produced ​​in a 32nm process and integrates 2 modules with 4 CPU cores clocked at 3.6 up to 3.9 GHz. Furthermore, the 5600K has a Radeon HD 7560D graphics unit and a DDR3-1866 memory controller. Due to the unlocked multiplier, the CPU can overclock very easily.

The CPU cores are based on a reworked Bulldozer architecture, called Piledriver. Although marketed as a quad-core processor, the A8-5600K includes only two modules with four integer-cores and two floating-point units in total. As a result, the CPU is not a true quad-core processor.

Depending on the benchmark, the CPU performance of the A8-5600K is slightly below the desktop Core i3-3220. The chip shows good performance on applications with high parallelization, whereas performance per thread is less impressive. For everyday tasks like office programs, multimedia applications or Internet surfing, the 5600K is suitable without restrictions; even demanding 3D games are possible if using dedicated graphics card.

The integrated DirectX 11-compatible Radeon HD 7560D offers only 256 shader cores (7660D: 384) and a clock rate of 760 MHz with no Turbo support. On average, the performance of the HD 7560D GPU is comparable to a dedicated notebook Radeon HD 6630M and somewhat faster than the HD Graphics 4000 as found on Intel’s Ivy Bridge platform.

The power consumption of the entire desktop APU is rated at 100 Watts.

CodenameTrinity
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)

Series: A-Series (Desktop) Trinity

AMD A10-5800K compare3.8 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-5600K « 3.6 - 3.9 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A4-5300 compare3.4 - 3.6 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock Rate3600 - 3900 MHz
Level 1 Cache192 KB
Level 2 Cache4 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)100 Watt
Transistor Count1303 Million
Manufacturing Technology32 nm
Die Size246 mm2
SocketFM2
GPUAMD Radeon HD 7560D (760 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date09/26/2012

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
292 Points (2%)
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
87 Points (24%)
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
3.2 Points (4%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1 Points (23%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
2941 points (18%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
8838 points (6%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
12505 Points (8%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
3983 Points (5%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
529 s (6%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
16.7 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
2449 points (4%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
20.9 fps (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
102.4 fps (24%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.4 GB/s (6%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
1.8 GB/s (5%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
4295 Points (9%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
25.4 s (5%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
57.1 s (2%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
1497 s (7%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
12490 MIPS (6%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
8670 MFLOPS (7%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
10081 Points (8%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
3965 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
35814 Points (29%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
2908 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
4175 Points (7%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
4439 Points (36%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
4030 Points (37%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
8620 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
6438 Points (13%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6520 Points (17%)
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» AMD A8-6600K
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» AMD A10-5800K
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» AMD A8-5600K
   4x 3.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» AMD A8-3850
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» AMD A6-6400K
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» AMD A4-5300
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Surrounding CPUs

+ AMD A10-7700K
   4x 3.4 GHz - 3.8 GHz
+ AMD A8-7650K
   4x 3.3 GHz - 3.8 GHz
+ Intel Core i3-3220
   2x 3.3 GHz
+ AMD A8-6600K
   4x 3.9 GHz - 4.2 GHz
+ AMD A10-5800K
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD A8-5600K
   4x 3.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
- AMD A8-3850
   4x 2.9 GHz
- Intel Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6700
   4x 2.67 GHz
- Intel Pentium G4500T
   2x 3 GHz
- AMD Phenom II X4 905e
   4x 2.5 GHz
- Intel Pentium G860
   2x 3 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-09- 5)