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AMD logo A8-5600K
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General information A8-5600K Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Launched Q4 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket FM2 AM2
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 22.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 89 W 11 %
Performance A8-5600K Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Overall Score 36840 0 % 27672 24.9 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 10 % 69.7 %
Benchmark Score 1842 0 % 586 68.2 %
Single Thread Score 1441.9 0 % 1027.1 28.8 %
Encrypting Data 4172.4 MB/s 0 % 1344.4 MB/s 67.8 %
Compressing Data 46.6 MB/s 0 % 20.8 MB/s 55.3 %
String objects sorting 6107.5 thousand/s 0 % 2810.7 thousand/s 54 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 54.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18981.6 millions/s 0 % 3397.6 millions/s 82.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4973 millions/s 0 % 1999 millions/s 59.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-5600K, Athlon 64 X2 5600+.

Average frames per second A8-5600K Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.1 FPS 38.0 FPS
High settings 102.6 FPS 60.7 FPS
Medium settings 128.2 FPS 75.9 FPS
Low settings 160.3 FPS 94.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 40.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V A8-5600K Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.5 FPS 99.4 FPS
High settings 184.8 FPS 159.0 FPS
Medium settings 231.0 FPS 198.7 FPS
Low settings 288.7 FPS 248.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 14 %
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