AMD A8-3500M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3500M APU can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD A8-3500M APU

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FS1

Clockspeed: 1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A8-3500M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 23.36

Overall Rank:
3435th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
3608th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
820th fastest in out of 1435 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $59.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1400

Single Thread Rating

813

Samples: 266*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,941
Thread: 587

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3500M APU

Integer Math	3,414 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,201 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,913 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	387.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,817 KBytes/Sec
Physics	159 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	705 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	813 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3500M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 24th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,084
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,004
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,416
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,478
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,567
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,017
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,835
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,803
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,728
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,400

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.69
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.48
AMD A8-3500M APU		23.36
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.25
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,073
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,043
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,675
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,654
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,612
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,441
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,421
AMD A8-3500M APU		813

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3500M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2148658 - Jul 19 2024		1355
BL2148491 - Jul 19 2024		1238
BL2076589 - Apr 13 2024		1372
BL1941419 - Nov 07 2023		1230
BL1940068 - Nov 05 2023		1315

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3500M APU
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,400
AMD A8-4500M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,688 (+20.5%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,637 (+16.9%)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,077 (+48.3%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,997 (+42.6%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,441 (+2.9%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,256 (-10.3%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,233 (-12.0%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,221 (-12.8%)
AMD A10-4600M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,938 (+38.4%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,697 (+21.2%)
AMD Phenom II P960 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,386 (-1.0%)
Intel Atom x7-Z8700 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,324 (-5.5%)

Is the AMD A8-3500M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,091
Intel Core i9-13950HX		7,006
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,913
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,823
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,585
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,338
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,262
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,217
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,200
Intel Core i7-14650HX		5,997
Intel Core i9-13900HK		5,960
Intel Core i9-13905H		5,940
AMD A8-3500M APU		191

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