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AMD A6-3500 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-3500 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 A6-3500 APU Good for Gaming?

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


AMD A6-3500 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 3 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A6-3500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 23.89

Overall Rank:
3904th fastest in multithreading out of 5459 CPUs
3764th fastest in single threading out of 5459 CPUs
1123rd fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $60.23 USD (2024-05-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1439
Single Thread Rating
964

Samples: 284*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,955
Thread: 725

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3500 APU

Integer Math4,067 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,083 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,772 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption371.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression30,394 KBytes/Sec
Physics152 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions769 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread964 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 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 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,564
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,394
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,522
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,113
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,439
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 260.09
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 169.50
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 157.71
Intel Core i9-14900K
 127.59
Intel Core i5-12400F
 126.25
Intel Core i9-13900K
 102.16
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 53.75
AMD A6-3500 APU
 23.89
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 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
AMD A6-3500 APU
 964
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2868847 - Aug 28 2025
1465
BL2577653 - Apr 24 2025
1435
BL2557834 - Apr 16 2025
1427
BL5088809 - Mar 09 2025
1528
BL5088807 - Mar 09 2025
1529
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3500 APU
As of 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,439
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,481 (+2.9%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,353 (-6.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,333 (-7.4%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,481 (+2.9%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,427 (-0.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,407 (-2.2%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,671 (+16.1%)
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,600 (+11.2%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,595 (+10.8%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,279 (-11.2%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B75 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,783 (+23.9%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,586 (+10.2%)

Is the AMD A6-3500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,420
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,133
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,507
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,494
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,629
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,497
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,473
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,402
AMD A6-3500 APU
 234