Processors

A8-5600K

Component specifications

Desktop
Used in

AMD
Factory

FM2
Socket

Q4 2012
Launched

AMD A8
Series Name

Trinity
Core Family Name

3.6 GHz
Clock

3.9 GHz
Turbo Clock

4
Cores

4
Threads

100 W
Thermal Design Power (TDP)

32 nm
Lithography

2 × 64 kB
L1 Instruction Cache

4 × 16 kB
L1 Data Cache

1 × 4 MB
L2 Cache

No
ECC Supported

No
Multithreading Supported

Radeon HD 7560D
Integrated GPU

Overall Score 2272

Benchmark Score 2237

Single Thread Score 1419.6

Future proof 35%

About AMD A8-5600K

AMD A8-5600K is processor manufactured by AMD and launched in Q4 2012 . It's using FM2 socket. It has 4 cores and 4 threads with clock of 3.6 GHz that can turbo clock itself to 3.9 GHz . This processor is used in Desktop devices and can consume up to 100 watts of power .

Predicted component performance

4121 MB/s
Encrypting Data

46.9 MB/s
Compressing Data

6 thousand/s
String objects sorting

10.9 millions/s
Prime numbers generation

19002.3 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (integer)

4985.7 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (float)

Compatible graphic cards

Graphic cards that best works with A8-5600K on 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution in general tasks.

	Radeon PRO W6600	Workstation Used in	Q3 2021 Launched		2331 MHz Core Clock	8 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		2331 MHz Core Clock	8 MB Memory	120 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 6600	Desktop Used in	Q4 2021 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x8 Motherboard Bus	1626 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1626 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	132 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 2060	Desktop Used in	Q1 2022 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1470 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1470 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	185 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5700	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1465 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1465 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	180 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1070 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q4 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1607 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1607 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	180 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX Vega 64	Desktop Used in	Q3 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1247 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1247 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	295 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon 6700	Desktop Used in	Q4 2022 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	RTX A2000	Desktop Used in	Q2 2022 Launched		562 MHz Core Clock	12 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		562 MHz Core Clock	12 MB Memory	70 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro WX 8200	Desktop Used in	Q3 2018 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1200 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1200 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	230 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 980 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q2 2015 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1076 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1076 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5600 XT	Desktop Used in	Q1 2020 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1130 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1130 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	TITAN X	Desktop Used in	Q3 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1417 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1417 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Vega Frontier Edition	Desktop Used in	Q2 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1382 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1382 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	350 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX Vega 56	Desktop Used in	Q3 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1471 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1471 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	210 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1070	Desktop Used in	Q2 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1506 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1506 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro WX 9100	Desktop Used in	Q4 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1200 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1200 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	230 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX TITAN X	Desktop Used in	Q1 2015 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro RTX 4000	Workstation Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1005 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1005 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	160 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1080	Desktop Used in	Q2 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1607 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1607 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	180 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 3050	Desktop Used in	Q1 2022 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x8 Motherboard Bus	1552 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1552 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	130 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P6000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1417 MHz Core Clock	24000 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1417 MHz Core Clock	24000 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro GP100	Workstation Used in	Q2 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1328 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1328 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	235 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1660 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1500 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1500 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	120 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro Vega 64	Workstation Used in	Q1 2018 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Radeon Pro W5700	Desktop Used in	Q1 2020 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1243 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1243 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	205 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER	Desktop Used in	Q4 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1530 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1530 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	125 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro 5700 XT	Desktop Used in	Q3 2020 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1243 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1243 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	130 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro Vega 56	Desktop Used in	Q1 2018 Launched		1247 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1247 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory
	Quadro P4200 (Max-Q Design)	Workstation Used in	Q4 2018 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Quadro RTX 5000	Workstation Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1620 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1620 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	230 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 2070	Desktop Used in	Q4 2018 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1410 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1410 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	175 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P5000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1607 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1607 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	180 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 3050 OEM	Desktop Used in	Q3 2022 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Radeon RX 6600 XT	Desktop Used in	Q3 2021 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x8 Motherboard Bus	1968 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1968 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	160 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro M6000	Workstation Used in	Q3 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	988 MHz Core Clock	24576 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		988 MHz Core Clock	24576 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1407 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1407 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	175 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1680 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1680 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	235 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1660	Desktop Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1530 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1530 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	120 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon VII	Desktop Used in	Q1 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1400 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1400 MHz Core Clock	16384 MB Memory	300 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P4000	Workstation Used in	Q1 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1227 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1227 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	105 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5600	Desktop Used in	Q2 2020 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1130 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1130 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 5700 XT	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1605 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1605 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	225 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro Vega 48	Workstation Used in	Q3 2019 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	GeForce GTX 980	Desktop Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1126 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1126 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	165 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 3060	Desktop Used in	Q1 2021 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1320 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1320 MHz Core Clock	12288 MB Memory	170 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro P4200	Workstation Used in	Q3 2018 Launched		1227 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1227 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 6650 XT	Desktop Used in	Q2 2022 Launched	PCIe 4.0 x8 Motherboard Bus	2055 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		2055 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	176 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER	Desktop Used in	Q4 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1530 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1530 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R9 Fury X	Desktop Used in	Q3 2020 Launched		1050 MHz Core Clock	4 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1050 MHz Core Clock	4 MB Memory	275 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER	Desktop Used in	Q3 2019 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1605 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1605 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	215 W Thermal Design Power TDP

Average frames per second

A8-5600K can run games with frames per second ranging from 58.6 FPS up to 177.7 FPS depending on game settings.

On ultra settings this processor can achieve on average around 58.6 FPS .
On high settings this processor can achieve on average around 113.6 FPS .
On medium settings this processor can achieve on average around 142.7 FPS .
On low settings this processor can achieve on average around 177.7 FPS .

Grand Theft Auto V

Frames per second calculator

game Grand Theft Auto V

Processor AMD A8-5600K

Number of frames per second for AMD A8-5600K processor in Grand Theft Auto V game. When there isn't bottleneck in configuration, AMD A8-5600K can achieve from 76.1 FPS up to 459.0 FPS frames per second while running Grand Theft Auto V game.

On ultra settings AMD A8-5600K can achieve from 76.1 FPS up to 151.3 FPS , with average around 103.0 FPS .
On high settings AMD A8-5600K can achieve from 147.6 FPS up to 293.3 FPS , with average around 199.8 FPS .
On medium settings AMD A8-5600K can achieve from 185.4 FPS up to 368.4 FPS , with average around 251.0 FPS .
On low settings AMD A8-5600K can achieve from 231.0 FPS up to 459.0 FPS , with average around 312.7 FPS .

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Processors

A8-5600K

Component specifications

About AMD A8-5600K

Predicted component performance

Compatible graphic cards

Radeon PRO W6600

Radeon RX 6600

GeForce RTX 2060

Radeon RX 5700

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Radeon RX Vega 64

Radeon 6700

RTX A2000

Radeon Pro WX 8200

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Radeon RX 5600 XT

TITAN X

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Radeon RX Vega 56

GeForce GTX 1070

Radeon Pro WX 9100

GeForce GTX TITAN X

Quadro RTX 4000

GeForce GTX 1080

GeForce RTX 3050

Quadro P6000

Quadro GP100

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Radeon Pro Vega 64

Radeon Pro W5700

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Radeon Pro 5700 XT

Radeon Pro Vega 56

Quadro P4200 (Max-Q Design)

Quadro RTX 5000

GeForce RTX 2070

Quadro P5000

GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Quadro M6000

GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER

Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary

GeForce GTX 1660

Radeon VII

Quadro P4000

Radeon RX 5600

Radeon RX 5700 XT

Radeon Pro Vega 48

GeForce GTX 980

GeForce RTX 3060

Quadro P4200

Radeon RX 6650 XT

GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER

Radeon R9 Fury X

GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

Average frames per second

Grand Theft Auto V

Frames per second calculator Settings

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Core i5-8210Y

Xeon X3450

A8-6500

FX-8800P

Celeron G5905

Core i7-920

Xeon W3520

Core i5-4278U

Xeon E5-2609

Core i5-4200M

Configuration Settings

General Tasks

Processor Intense Tasks

Graphic Card Intense Tasks

Frames per second calculator