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AMD A8-3850 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3850 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.

Is the AMD A8-3850 APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-3850 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 100 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 A8-3850 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 31.65

Overall Rank:
2812th fastest in multithreading out of 4918 CPUs
2795th fastest in single threading out of 4918 CPUs
827th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $75.00 USD (2024-10-29)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2374

Single Thread Rating

1214

Samples: 502*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,286
Thread: 986

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3850 APU

Integer Math	6,885 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,284 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,389 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	638.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	53,026 KBytes/Sec
Physics	201 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,265 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,214 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of January 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3850 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of January 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of January 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,904
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,429
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,089
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,586
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,102
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,886
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,236
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,738
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,587
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD A8-3850 APU		2,374

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		194.84
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		184.41
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.77
Intel Core i9-12900K		143.35
Intel Core i9-13900K		117.87
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.56
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.70
AMD A8-3850 APU		31.65
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 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,026
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
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		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,926
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD A8-3850 APU		1,214

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3850 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2189839 - Sep 08 2024		2514
BL2182576 - Aug 30 2024		2593
BL2182538 - Aug 30 2024		2603
BL2067616 - Apr 02 2024		2041
BL1999185 - Jan 17 2024		2518

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3850 APU
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3850 APU		2,374
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		1,956 (-17.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,581 (+8.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 850 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,437 (+2.7%)
Intel Core i5-2500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,929 (+23.4%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,851 (+20.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,647 (+11.5%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,536 (+6.8%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,745 (+15.6%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,610 (+10.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B97 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,548 (+7.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,360 (-0.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,348 (-1.1%)

Is the AMD A8-3850 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of January 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,220
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,876
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,795
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,595
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,316
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,865
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,547
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,519
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,298
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,262
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,161
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,920
AMD A8-3850 APU		261