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AMD A6-3420M APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A6-3420M APU can be found below. 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?

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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 Size: L1: 512 KB, L2: 4.0 MB,

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank: 3085

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark

1292

Single Thread Rating: 779
Samples: 722*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,897
Thread: 579

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

Integer Math	3,280 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,000 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,653 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	343.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,246 KBytes/Sec
Physics	151 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	644 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	779 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of September 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3420M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of September 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of September 2023.
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 22nd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,068
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,187
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,814
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,694
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,475
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,253
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		12,050
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,980
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,918
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		7,004
AMD A6-3420M APU		1,292

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		52.69
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		32.10
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.44
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 3500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 22nd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,844
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,715
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,103
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,063
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,706
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,681
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,625
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,454
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		1,957
AMD A6-3420M APU		779

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3420M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1904520 - Sep 15 2023		1327
BL1899907 - Sep 08 2023		1443
BL1899881 - Sep 08 2023		1383
BL1735868 - Feb 03 2023		1331
BL1726129 - Jan 21 2023		1307

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3420M APU
As of 22nd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3420M APU		1,292
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,253 (-3.1%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,223 (-5.4%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,448 (+12.1%)
Intel Core i5-2467M @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,442 (+11.6%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,358 (+5.1%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,316 (+1.8%)
AMD A6-3410MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,263 (-2.3%)
Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,218 (-5.7%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,218 (-5.7%)
AMD A8-3510MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,605 (+24.2%)
AMD A8-3550MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,579 (+22.2%)
AMD A8-3530MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,572 (+21.6%)

Is the AMD A6-3420M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-13950HX		7,212
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,919
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,633
Intel Core i9-13905H		6,571
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,239
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,155
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,064
Intel Core i7-13800H		5,934
Intel Core i9-13900H		5,927
Intel Core i7-13620H		5,894
Intel Core i9-12900HK		5,787
Intel Core i5-13600HX		5,738
AMD A6-3420M APU		182