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: 23.30

Overall Rank:
3613th fastest in multithreading out of 5090 CPUs
3784th fastest in single threading out of 5090 CPUs
856th fastest in out of 1470 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1397

Single Thread Rating

809

Samples: 268*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,941
Thread: 587

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

Integer Math	3,381 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,186 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,889 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	386.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,628 KBytes/Sec
Physics	160 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	703 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	809 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3500M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of April 2025.
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 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,131
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,885
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,124
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,303
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,786
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,696
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,723
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,603
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,397

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.95
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.08
AMD A8-3500M APU		23.30
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.17
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 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,052
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,031
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,922
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,655
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,638
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,601
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
AMD A8-3500M APU		809

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3500M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2426697 - Feb 19 2025		1343
BL2336878 - Jan 11 2025		1363
BL2148658 - Jul 19 2024		1355
BL2148491 - Jul 19 2024		1238
BL2076589 - Apr 13 2024		1372

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3500M APU
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,397
AMD A8-4500M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,693 (+21.2%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,647 (+17.9%)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,082 (+49.0%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,001 (+43.2%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,453 (+4.0%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,256 (-10.1%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,247 (-10.7%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,215 (-13.0%)
AMD A10-4600M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,939 (+38.8%)
Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,907 (+36.5%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,698 (+21.5%)
AMD Phenom II P960 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,404 (+0.5%)

Is the AMD A8-3500M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,740
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,198
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		7,861
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,221
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,065
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		7,040
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,806
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,796
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,786
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,564
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,207
AMD A8-3500M APU		191

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