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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?

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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 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:
4038th fastest in multithreading out of 5491 CPUs
4163rd fastest in single threading out of 5491 CPUs
923rd fastest in out of 1516 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1310
Single Thread Rating
778

Samples: 741*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,897
Thread: 579

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

Integer Math3,300 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,008 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,611 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption351.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression29,127 KBytes/Sec
Physics152 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions661 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread778 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3420M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 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 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H
 25,339
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,147
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 19,825
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 18,079
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 16,519
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,144
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,611
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 9,409
AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,310
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H
 55.45
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.19
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.45
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.05
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 5 5600H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Intel Core i7-12700H
 3,511
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,029
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,010
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 2,891
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,620
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 2,591
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,394
AMD A6-3420M APU
 778
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3420M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3030455 - Nov 05 2025
1399
BL3028510 - Nov 05 2025
1273
BL2995023 - Oct 22 2025
1446
BL2988030 - Oct 19 2025
1425
BL2962724 - Oct 09 2025
1362
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3420M APU
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,310
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,272 (-2.9%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,249 (-4.6%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,446 (+10.4%)
Intel Core i5-2467M @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,410 (+7.6%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,367 (+4.4%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,326 (+1.2%)
AMD A6-3410MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,274 (-2.8%)
Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,226 (-6.4%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,223 (-6.7%)
Intel Pentium B960 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,019 (-22.3%)
AMD A8-3510MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,631 (+24.5%)
AMD A8-3530MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU
 1,608 (+22.7%)

Is the AMD A6-3420M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,678
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
 9,633
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
 9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
 9,042
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
 7,981
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
 7,873
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
 7,783
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
 7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX
 6,953
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
 6,780
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
 6,719
Intel Core i9-13980HX
 6,707
AMD A6-3420M APU
 182