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:
3565th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
3736th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
840th fastest in out of 1455 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 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3500M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 31st of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,924
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,160
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,344
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,820
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,725
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,728
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,632
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,397

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.04
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.17
AMD A8-3500M APU		23.30
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.18
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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,054
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,036
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,926
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,660
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,642
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,604
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 31st of March 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		1,692 (+21.1%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,645 (+17.8%)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,083 (+49.1%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,001 (+43.2%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,452 (+4.0%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,217 (-12.9%)
AMD A10-4600M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,940 (+38.9%)
Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,912 (+36.9%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,695 (+21.4%)
AMD Phenom II P960 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,404 (+0.5%)
Intel Atom x7-Z8700 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,332 (-4.6%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,325 (-5.2%)

Is the AMD A8-3500M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,353
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,049
AMD RYZEN AI MAX 390 w/ Radeon 8050S		7,249
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,074
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,835
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,818
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,791
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,302
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,178
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,158
AMD A8-3500M APU		191

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