AMD A6-3500 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-3500 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 A6-3500 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 3 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A6-3500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 23.58

Overall Rank:
3431st fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
3324th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
1052nd fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $60.23 USD (2024-05-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1420

Single Thread Rating

963

Samples: 277*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,955
Thread: 725

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3500 APU

Integer Math	4,057 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,011 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,738 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	364.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	30,348 KBytes/Sec
Physics	152 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	762 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	963 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$60.23 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,433
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,103
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,096
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,743
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,580
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD A6-3500 APU		1,420

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		188.08
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		149.25
Intel Core i9-13900K		110.97
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
AMD A6-3500 APU		23.58
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD A6-3500 APU		963

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2176020 - Aug 22 2024		1497
BL2040236 - Mar 03 2024		1531
BL2039161 - Mar 02 2024		1555
BL2039013 - Mar 01 2024		1577
BL1953127 - Nov 23 2023		1581

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3500 APU
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3500 APU		1,420
Intel Core i3-2120T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,533 (+7.9%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,460 (+2.8%)
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,294 (-8.9%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,175 (-17.3%)
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,540 (+8.4%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,441 (+1.4%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,396 (-1.7%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,388 (-2.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,775 (+25.0%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,576 (+11.0%)
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,575 (+10.9%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,538 (+8.3%)

Is the AMD A6-3500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,254
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,944
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,883
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,573
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,591
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,374
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,202
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD A6-3500 APU		234

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