AMD A8-5500

AMD A8-5500 is a desktop processor in the A8 (Trinity) generation, built on the Piledriver architecture and manufactured by GlobalFoundries on a 32 nm process. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, with a 3.20 GHz base clock and a 3.70 GHz boost clock. The chip integrates a Radeon HD 7560D graphics engine, uses AMD Socket FM2, and supports DDR3 memory in a dual-channel configuration at a listed bandwidth of 29.9 GB/s. The market segment field is Desktop. The data places this part at the 50th percentile among all CPUs. It was released on 2012-10-01 and carries an end-of-life production status.

Who Should Consider It

At the 50th percentile, the A8-5500 occupies the middle of the database's CPU distribution. It is not a performance outlier, and the data gives no benchmark scores that would push it above or below that median position. For general desktop and office work, the 4-core/4-thread layout and integrated Radeon HD 7560D mean a Socket FM2 system can provide both processing and display output in one platform. The base clock is 3.20 GHz and the boost clock is 3.70 GHz, which are the frequency boundaries in the data. The market segment is Desktop, so the part is explicitly positioned in the desktop category.

Content-creation workloads are harder to position. The chip has 4 physical cores, which allows some parallel processing, but there are no benchmark scores for rendering, encoding, or image editing in the data. The cache arrangement — 192 KB of L1 cache and a 4 MB shared L2 cache, with no L3 cache listed — is the only memory-side clue. The absence of an L3 cache in the record is notable; the cache hierarchy is simply L1 and shared L2. Whether creation tools benefit strongly depends on how well they scale to four threads; the data does not quantify that.

Gaming recommendations are similarly constrained. The integrated Radeon HD 7560D is the only graphics evidence, and the benchmark array for this processor is empty. The 50th percentile ranking and locked multiplier position the part as a mainstream desktop chip rather than an enthusiast part. A user with modest graphics needs could use the iGPU for display output, but no game frame-rate or score data exists to support a stronger statement.

Power and Thermals

The TDP of the A8-5500 is 65 W. That places it in the conventional desktop cooling class. The physical context includes a 32 nm process, a 246 mm² die, and 1,303 million transistors, all recorded in the data. These specifications support a mainstream thermal envelope rather than a high-end cooling requirement. The data does not provide a separate power figure for the integrated Radeon HD 7560D; the 65 W TDP is the only thermal number.

Because the multiplier is locked, the data does not present overclocking as a means to adjust power or thermal behavior. The production status is end-of-life and the release date is 2012-10-01, so this is a mature platform part. A standard desktop air cooler is consistent with the 65 W TDP.

How It Compares

The data lists no nearest rivals. There are no rival names, scores, or deltaPct values to compare. As a result, the A8-5500 cannot be placed against a specific competing product in a head-to-head sense, and no per-rival comparison paragraph can be written.

The only comparative metric available is percentileVsAllCpus, which is 50. This median position shows that the processor is in the central band of all ranked CPUs. It is not possible to say which specific CPUs sit nearby, how large any lead is, or how much faster a given rival might be, because no raw scores or deltaPct values exist in the source data. The absence of nearestRivals also means there is no deltaPct value to cite; deltaPct would express a percentage difference, and none exists in the data.

FAQ

Q: What socket does the AMD A8-5500 use?

A: AMD Socket FM2.

Q: Does it include integrated graphics?

A: Yes, it includes a Radeon HD 7560D integrated graphics processor.

Q: What memory configuration is supported?

A: DDR3 memory in a dual-channel configuration, with a listed bandwidth of 29.9 GB/s; ECC memory is not supported.

Q: Is the processor unlocked for overclocking?

A: No. The multiplierUnlocked field is false.

Q: Is the A8-5500 still in production?

A: No. The production status is end-of-life, and the release date is 2012-10-01.

Q: What is the TDP class?

A: The listed TDP is 65 W.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmark array for the A8-5500 is empty. There are no measured scores for single-threaded, multi-threaded, gaming, or content-creation workloads. The average benchmark score field in the record is 0, which matches an empty set of benchmark results. An empty benchmark array is different from a low score; it means the database has no measured performance sample for this part.

The sole performance-tier metric is the 50th percentile among all CPUs. Because percentile is a position rather than a score, it cannot be converted into a percentage lead or deficit. No deltaPct values are available for any rival, so exact comparisons are impossible. In the absence of scores, the percentile can only be read as a median-class placement. No raw sample is available to verify the percentile.

Platform and Compatibility

The platform is built around AMD Socket FM2. The architecture is Piledriver, with the Trinity codename and an A8 (Trinity) generation label. GlobalFoundries manufactured it on a 32 nm process, using 1,303 million transistors on a 246 mm² die.

Memory support is DDR3, delivered through a dual-channel memory bus with a listed bandwidth of 29.9 GB/s. ECC memory is not supported. The PCIe interface is Gen 2, and the integrated graphics is Radeon HD 7560D. The supported memory type is DDR3, and error-correcting memory is not part of the feature set. The multiplier is locked, and the part number field lists AD5500OKA44HJ and AD5500OKHJBOX.

The production status is end-of-life, with a release date of 2012-10-01. The data does not include other Socket FM2 processors, so a specific upgrade path on the same socket cannot be quantified.

Single-Thread vs Multi-Thread Behavior

The A8-5500 has 4 cores and 4 threads, meaning each core is assigned one thread in the data. There is no additional hardware-thread count beyond the physical core count. The base clock is 3.20 GHz and the boost clock is 3.70 GHz; the boost number is the higher single-thread signal in the specification set. The base clock is the lower bound and the boost clock is the upper bound in the processor's normal operating range, according to the data.

Multi-threaded workloads can engage all 4 cores. The cache layout includes 192 KB of L1 cache and 4 MB of shared L2 cache, while no L3 cache is listed. Shared L2 can facilitate communication between cores, but the data does not include multi-threaded benchmark scores to measure the practical effect. The 4-core/4-thread pair means thread capacity equals core capacity.

The specification split is therefore straightforward: 3.70 GHz boost clock points to single-thread responsiveness, while 4 cores and 4 threads point to modest multi-thread capacity. The 50th percentile rank is an aggregate field and does not break out single-thread from multi-thread performance.