AMD A8-Series A8-5600K - AD560KWOA44HJ / AD560KWOHJBOX

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AMD A8-5600K specifications

General information
Type	CPU / Microprocessor
Market segment	Desktop
Family	AMD A8-Series
Model number ?	A8-5600K
CPU part numbers	AD560KWOA44HJ is an OEM/tray microprocessor AD560KWOHJBOX is a boxed microprocessor
Frequency ?	3600 MHz
Turbo frequency	3900 MHz
Package	904-pin lidded micro-PGA package
Socket	Socket FM2
Size	1.57" x 1.57" / 4cm x 4cm
Introduction date	October 2, 2012
Price at introduction	$101

Architecture / Microarchitecture
Microarchitecture	Piledriver
Platform	Virgo
Processor core ?	Trinity
Core stepping ?	TN-A1
CPUID	610F01
Manufacturing process	0.032 micron 1303 million transistors
Die size	246mm²
Data width	64 bit
The number of cores	4
The number of threads	4
Floating Point Unit	Integrated
Level 1 cache size ?	2 x 64 KB 2-way associative shared instruction caches 4 x 16 KB 4-way associative data caches
Level 2 cache size ?	2 x 2 MB 16-way associative shared caches
Level 3 cache size	None
Multiprocessing	Uniprocessor
Features	MMX instructions SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 ? SSE4a ? AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions ABM / Advanced Bit Manipulation ? AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions BMI / Bit Manipulation instructions F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion instructions FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add instructions FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add instructions TBM / Trailing Bit Manipulation instructions XOP / eXtended Operations instructions AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology ? VT / Virtualization technology ? EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection ? Turbo Core 3.0 technology
Low power features	Core C1, C1E, C6 and CC6 states Package S3, S4 and S5 states PowerNow!

Integrated peripherals / components
Integrated graphics	GPU Type: Radeon HD 7560D Shader cores: 256 Base frequency (MHz): 760
Memory controller	The number of controllers: 1 Memory channels: 2 Supported memory: DDR3-1866
Other peripherals	PCI Express 2.0 HD Media Accelerator

Electrical / Thermal parameters
V core ?	0.825V - 1.475V
Maximum operating temperature ?	74°C
Thermal Design Power ?	100 Watt

Notes on AMD AD560KWOA44HJ
The processor has unlocked clock multiplier

CPUs, related to AMD A8-5600K

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. Turbo
freq. L2
cache TDP Features Price

AMD A8-Series family, Socket FM2

   A8-5500 4 / 4 3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz 4 MB 65 Watt Unlock $91

   A8-5500B 4 / 4 3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz 4 MB 65 Watt Unlock

   A8-5600K 4 / 4 3.6 GHz 3.9 GHz 4 MB 100 Watt Unlock $91

   A8-6500 4 / 4 3.5 GHz 4.1 GHz 4 MB 65 Watt Unlock $112

   A8-6600K 4 / 4 3.9 GHz 4.2 GHz 4 MB 100 Watt Unlock $112

Other families, Piledriver micro-architecture, Socket FM2

   Athlon X2 340 2 / 2 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt Unlock

   A4-5300 2 / 2 3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt Unlock $47

   A4-5300B 2 / 2 3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt Unlock

   A6-5400K 2 / 2 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt Unlock $57

   A6-6400K 2 / 2 3.9 GHz 4.1 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt Unlock $71

   Athlon X4 750K 4 / 4 3.4 GHz 4 GHz 4 MB 100 Watt Unlock

   FirePro A300 4 / 4 3.4 GHz 4 GHz 4 MB 65 Watt Unlock

   A10-5800K 4 / 4 3.8 GHz 4.2 GHz 4 MB 100 Watt Unlock $122

   FirePro A320 4 / 4 3.8 GHz 4.2 GHz 4 MB 100 Watt Unlock

   A10-6800K 4 / 4 4.1 GHz 4.4 GHz 4 MB 100 Watt Unlock $142

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• The 'Price' column shows official AMD prices as of Jun 4, 2013. Prices for obsolete and tray-only processors are not provided.

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

• Features abbreviations:

Unlock - Unlocked multiplier

FAQ

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Pictures (8)


A8-5600K Retail box back
2012-10-11 20:09:21 Posted by: Neon
includes the box OPN

A8-5600K Retail box left
2012-10-11 20:10:18 Posted by: Neon


A8-5600K Retail box right
2012-10-11 20:11:34 Posted by: Neon
includes table with supported Dual Graphics combinations

A8-5600K Retail box top
2012-10-11 20:14:27 Posted by: Neon
top label misidentifies the model as, "A8 560K"

A8-5600K Retail box front
2012-10-11 20:15:05 Posted by: Neon


A8-5600K back
2012-10-11 20:15:39 Posted by: Neon


A8-5600K front
2012-10-11 20:16:09 Posted by: Neon



2012-11-06 20:05:26 Posted by: Neon

News

AMD cuts prices of desktop CPUs

May 01, 2013: Earlier this week AMD announced new processors, expanding the line of high-end FX CPUs with quad-core FX-4350 and six-core FX-6350. It's not uncommon for AMD to lower prices when launching new products, and this time it was not an exception. Based on the latest official AMD price list, the company cut prices of ten A-Series and FX-Series chips by as much as 19%.

AMD plans to cut processor prices, launch A4-4000 APU

Mar 22, 2013: AMD Richland APUs are scheduled to launch at the beginning of June, at about the same time as Intel Haswell desktop CPUs. According to DigiTimes, prior to the launch AMD is going to reduce prices of FX microprocessors and A-Series APUs. The prices will be dropped by 8% - 15% on the following SKUs: FX-4300, FX-6300, FX-8320 and A-Series A6-5600K. It is possible that we may see lower prices for other APUs as well.

Bits and pieces: AMD FX-4130 is in stores, Athlon X4 700-series listed

Oct 03, 2012: Yesterday AMD released "Trinity" APUs, several with locked clock multiplier, and three "K" SKUs with unlocked multiplier. Locked and unlocked parts use new box design, with white- or black-colored background. As usually, all product specifics on boxed AMD processors, including model and serial numbers, are listed on a sticker on the top of the box. It seems that stickers on processors, shipped in Japan, may show wrong information.

AMD introduces retail "Trinity" APUs for desktops

Oct 02, 2012: Today AMD officially introduced "Virgo" platform, consisting of six different "Trinity" Accelerated Processing Units, and three motherboard chipsets: AMD A55, A75 and A85X. The APUs integrate 2 or 4 CPU cores with discrete-class Radeon HD 7000-series graphics, which allows them to provide good CPU and GPU performance at a relatively low price point. As such, these processors are best suited for entry-level to mid-class media and game systems.

Second generation AMD APUs are already in stores

Sep 30, 2012: We previously reported that the second generation of Accelerated Processing units (APUs) from AMD will launch on October 2. New A-series processors, codenamed "Trinity", are expected to have better CPU and GPU performance then older "Llano" counterparts. The upcoming A-Series products are produced in socket FM2 form factor, incompatible with previous generation of socket FM1 motherboards.

AMD A-Series to launch on October 2, FX-Series on October 23

Sep 25, 2012: While Intel is almost done releasing new desktop processors for the rest of the year, AMD has only started. Next month we will see new lineups, based on the latest AMD Piledriver microarchitecture, which is a tweaked for better performance and power consumption Bulldozer architecture. A-Series "Trinity" Accelerated Processing Units will target budget / mainstream segments of the desktop market, and, according to SemiAccurate, they will be introduced on October 2.

Pre-order prices of AMD "Trinity" CPUs

Sep 03, 2012: The first generation of AMD Accelerated Processing Units was based on "Llano" core, that merged Star/K10-based CPU cores with Radeon HD 6000 graphics. The A series processors had average CPU performance, however, thanks to integrated powerful GPU, they were well suited for graphics and video applications. In the forth quarter 2012 "Llano" parts will be replaced with faster second-generation "Trinity" APUs, featuring 1 or 2 Piledriver modules (2 or 4 CPU cores), and Radeon HD 7000-series graphics unit.

AMD "Trinity" APUs pictured; rumored to launch on October 1

Aug 13, 2012: In May AMD launched second-generation Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) with "Trinity" core. The launch included only mobile chips, whereas desktop "Trinity" APUs were announced in June, and so far appeared in only in desktop computers from such OEM manufacturers as ASUS and HP. Retail "Trinity" products were delayed, and they are expected in late October. Pictures of these accelerated units were published today by Japanese website Hermitage Akihabara.

AMD reveals details of desktop "Trinity" APUs

Jun 11, 2012: In May AMD unveiled first Accelerated Processing Units (APU), based on "Trinity" core. The launch event didn't include any desktop Trinity chips, and currently we don't have any reliable information on desktop processor timeline. Last month's reports placed the desktop "Trinity" launch in August, and more recent rumors suggest that the APUs may be pushed back to September or October. Unlike the launch date, specifications of forthcoming desktop processors were well-known since February, and earlier last week they were published by AMD.

AMD to launch Brazos 2.0 in June, desktop APUs in August

May 14, 2012: This and next quarter AMD plans to release new generation of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs). Soon to be available microprocessors will use enhanced microarchitecture, and feature significantly improved on-chip graphics, codenamed Graphics Core Next. There were a couple of reports in the past month, placing the launch of first mobile APUs in the middle of May. Release date for mobile APUs was confirmed last week by DigiTimes. They also revealed launch dates of desktop APUs, and ultra low voltage processors from Brazos 2.0 platform.

AMD Trinity Desktop APU Specs Revealed

Feb 15, 2012: Our last report on the upcoming Trinity APU gave details of part numbers for the Trinity range, including Brazos 2.0 and Vishera. Donanimhaber have now leaked further details, with a slide showing specs for the Trinity A-Series APUs. Trinity will use a new socket, FM2, which is similar to FM1 with a few pins repositioned, and it will have a Piledriver CPU core, which is the updated Bulldozer core.

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AMD A8-5600K benchmarks

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Benchmarked processor

CPU ID: 610F01

CPU vendor string: AuthenticAMD

CPU name string: AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

Integer performance

Part number Result

AMD A10-6700 ?

102.6%

Intel Core i5-660 ?

101.1%

Intel Core i5-661 ?

101.1%

AMD Athlon II X3 445 ?

101%

AMD A6-3620 ?

100.8%

AMD A8-5600K ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X4 605e (rev. C3) ?

99.9%

AMD Phenom II X4 2.3GHz ZD230117K4D10 ?

99.8%

Intel Core i5-2390T ?

99.4%

AMD FX-4100 ?

98.5%

AMD Phenom II X3 740 ?

97.7%

Floating Point performance

Part number Result

AMD Phenom II X3 705e ?

106%

AMD A10-5800K ?

105.6%

AMD FX-4300 ?

103.4%

AMD A8-6500 ?

102.5%

AMD Phenom II X3 700e ?

102.2%

AMD A8-5600K ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X3 405e (rev. C3) ?

97.8%

AMD A10-5700 ?

97.7%

AMD FX-4100 ?

97.7%

AMD Athlon II X3 405e (rev. C2) ?

97.7%

AMD A6-3500 ?

95%

MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance

Part number Result

AMD Phenom II X4 830 ?

100.8%

AMD Phenom II X4 925 (rev. C3) ?

100.7%

AMD Phenom II X4 B93 ?

100.7%

AMD Phenom II X4 925 (rev. C2) ?

100.3%

AMD Phenom II X4 820 ?

100.3%

AMD A8-5600K ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X4 630 (rev. C2) ?

99.8%

AMD Athlon II X4 630 (rev. C3) ?

99.8%

AMD Phenom II X4 650T ?

99.7%

AMD A8-6500 ?

99.7%

AMD A6-3670K ?

99%

Memory-intensive program performance

Part number Result

AMD Phenom II X4 955 (125W, rev. C3, BE) ?

101.8%

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) ?

100.7%

AMD FX-6100 ?

100.7%

Intel Core i5-655K ?

100.3%

Intel Core i5-650 ?

100.2%

AMD A8-5600K ?

100%

AMD Phenom II X6 1045T ?

100%

AMD A8-6500 ?

99.8%

AMD A10-5700 ?

98.2%

AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W, rev. C2) ?

97.9%

AMD Phenom II X4 840T ?

97.8%

CPU ID (3)

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CPUID features of AMD A8-5600K

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Manufacturer:	AMD
CPU Family:	A8-Series
Model Number:	A8-5600K
Frequency:	3600 MHz

Part number:	AD560KWOA44HJ
Stepping Code:	GA 1246PNT
Comment:	BOX
Submitted by:	AiRs

General information
Vendor:	AuthenticAMD
Processor name (BIOS):	AMD A8-5600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Cores:	4
Compute units:	2
Logical processors:	4
Processor type:	Original OEM Processor
Core stepping:	TN-A1
CPUID signature:	610F01
Family:	21 (015h)
Model:	16 (010h)
Stepping:	1 (01h)
Socket:	FM2

Cache: L1 data L1 instruction L2

Size: 4 x 16 KB 2 x 64 KB 2 x 2 MB

Associativity: 4-way set
associative 2-way set
associative 16-way set
associative

Line size: 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes

Comments: Direct-mapped Direct-mapped
1 cache per 2 cores Non-inclusive
Direct-mapped
1 cache per 2 cores

Instruction set extensions Additional instructions

MMX Advanced Bit manipulation

AMD extensions to MMX CLFLUSH

SSE CMOV

SSE2 CMPXCHG16B

SSE3 CMPXCHG8B

SSSE3 FXSAVE/FXRSTORE

SSE4A MONITOR/MWAIT

SSE4.1 PCLMULDQ

SSE4.2 POPCNT

AES PREFETCH/PREFETCHW

AVX RDTSCP

BMI SKINIT / STGI support

F16C SYSCALL/SYSRET

FMA SYSENTER/SYSEXIT

FMA4 XSAVE / XRESTORE states

TBM XSETBV / XGETBV are enabled

XOP

Major features Other features

On-chip Floating Point Unit 1 GB large page support

64-bit / Intel 64 100MHz multiplier control

NX bit/XD-bit 128-bit SSE instructions

Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) 36-bit page-size extensions

Turbo Core Advanced programmable interrupt controller

PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet Core multi-processing legacy mode

Debugging extensions

Extended APIC space

Hardware P-state control

Hardware thermal control

Instruction based sampling

LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode

LBR virtualization

LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8

Lightweight profiling support

Machine check architecture

Machine check exception

Memory-type range registers

Misaligned SSE mode

Model-specific registers

Nested page tables

OS visible workaround

Page attribute table

Page global extension

Page-size extensions (4MB pages)

Physical address extensions

SVM lock

Support for NRIP save

THERMTRIP

TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states

Temperature sensor

Time stamp counter

Virtual 8086-mode enhancements

Watchdog timer support

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Last modified: 13 Jun 2013