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CPU

AMD

AMD A8-5600K

Processor

CPU cores: 4^*
Maximum boost clock: 3.9 GHz^*
Thermal design power: 100 W^*

No matched benchmark results are available for this entry yet.

Processing & platform

CPU cores: 4^*
Graphics: Radeon HD 7560D ^*
Base clock: 3.6 GHz^*
Reported integrated GPU frequency: 760 MHz^*
Reported CPU clock: 3.6 GHz^*
Maximum boost clock: 3.9 GHz^*
L2 cache: 4 MB^*
Architecture: Piledriver^*
Socket / package: FM2^*
Process node: 32 nm^*
Reported chip die area: 246 mm²^*
Chip/package TDP: 100 W^*
Transistors: 1,178 million^*

Memory & storage

Supported memory

DDR3-1866^*

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 100 W^*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 12 fields

Base CPU clock

3.6^* GHz

Maximum turbo CPU clock

3.9^* GHz

Declared CPU cores

4^*

Integrated graphics model

Radeon HD 7560D^*

Integrated graphics API capability

DirectX 11^*

Declared integrated graphics clock

760^* MHz

Declared Radeon cores in integrated graphics

256^*

Total CPU L2 cache

4^* MB

Declared DDR3 support

DDR3-1866^*

CPU socket

FM2^*

Declared CPU TDP

100^* W

Unlocked status

Yes^*

Scope and conditions

Overclocking: Damage caused by overclocking is not covered by the product warranty.^*

Specifications 2 · 9 fields

Vendor: AMD^*
Product: AMD A8-5600K^*
Type: CPU^*
Release Date: 2012-10-02^*
Process Size (nm): 32^* nm
TDP (W): 100^* W
Die Size (mm^2): 246^* mm²
Transistors (million): 1,178^*
Freq (MHz): 3,600^* MHz

Specifications 3 · 6 fields

microarchitecture

Piledriver^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A8-5600K^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A8-5600K^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

3.6^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A8-5600K^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A8-5600K^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

4^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A8-5600K^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A8-5600K^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

graphics

Radeon HD 7560D^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A8-5600K^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A8-5600K^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

AMD A8-5600K^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A8-5600K^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A8-5600K^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

100^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD A8-5600K^*
catalogue_reference: AMD A8-5600K^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

* Provisional data

Processing & platform

Memory & storage

Supported memory

Power specifications

System configuration

Detailed specifications

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