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AMD A6-3420M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-3420M 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 A6-3420M APU Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD A6-3420M 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 A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3708th fastest in multithreading out of 5120 CPUs
3867th fastest in single threading out of 5120 CPUs
894th fastest in out of 1486 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1303
Single Thread Rating
776

Samples: 734*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,897
Thread: 579

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3420M APU

Integer Math3,297 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,005 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,617 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption348.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression29,074 KBytes/Sec
Physics151 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions656 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread776 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3420M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of May 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 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 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,137
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,863
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 20,104
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 18,289
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 16,770
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,675
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,713
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 9,577
AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,303
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.90
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.99
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.16
AMD A6-3420M APU
 NA
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 16th of May 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
 3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,050
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 2,921
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,652
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,635
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 2,601
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,409
AMD A6-3420M APU
 776
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3420M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2597098 - May 02 2025
1486
BL2567585 - Apr 20 2025
1380
BL2440387 - Feb 25 2025
1412
BL2438370 - Feb 24 2025
1228
BL2353057 - Jan 19 2025
1364
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3420M APU
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,303
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,258 (-3.4%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,248 (-4.2%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,453 (+11.5%)
Intel Core i5-2467M @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,413 (+8.4%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,362 (+4.6%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,323 (+1.6%)
AMD A6-3410MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,270 (-2.5%)
Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,227 (-5.8%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,214 (-6.8%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,003 (-23.0%)
AMD A8-3530MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,608 (+23.4%)
AMD A6-3430MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,389 (+6.6%)

Is the AMD A6-3420M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
 8,705
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
 8,683
Intel Core Ultra 7 265
 8,197
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
 7,794
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
 7,108
Intel Core i9-14900HX
 7,068
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 6,953
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
 6,952
Intel Core 7 250H
 6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX
 6,793
Intel Core i9-13900HX
 6,793
Intel Core i9-13980HX
 6,778
AMD A6-3420M APU
 182