AMD A6-3500 APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A6-3500 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.

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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 Size: L1: 384 KB, L2: 3.0 MB,

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 18.30

Overall Rank: 2924

Last Price Change: $74.93 USD (2022-03-08)

Average CPU Mark

1371

Single Thread Rating: 951
Samples: 271*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,955
Thread: 725

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3500 APU

Integer Math	3,978 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,992 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,659 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	345.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,713 KBytes/Sec
Physics	151 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	720 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	951 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of June 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of June 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of June 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$74.93 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

Machines with this CPU (or similar)

	Beelink SER5 Mini PC,AMD Ryzen 7 5800H(8C/16T,up to 4.4 GHz),Mini Computer 16GB DDR4 RAM/500GB M.2 2280 NVME SSD Graphics 8 core 2000 MHz Wifi6/BT5.2/HDMI+DP+Type-C,Support Three-Screen Display	$419.00 (www.amazon.com)
	Beelink SER6 Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS (6nm,8C/16T) up to 4.75GHz, AMD Radeon 680M 12Core 3.2Ghz, 32G DDR5 4800Mhz+500G, 4K@60Hz Triple Display,WiFi6/BT5.2/LAN 2.5G/ Mini Game Computers	$649.00 (www.amazon.com)

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,611
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,813
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,663
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,099
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,960
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,501
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,795
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		14,539
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,136
AMD A6-3500 APU		1,371

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of June 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		213.14
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		154.20
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.40
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.88
Intel Core i7-12700K		85.12
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		55.81
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.74
AMD A6-3500 APU		18.30
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,203
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,056
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,846
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,820
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,717
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,359
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,945
Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz		2,889
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,664
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD A6-3500 APU		951

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1831562 - Jun 02 2023		1452
BL1798669 - Apr 19 2023		1178
BL1747485 - Feb 17 2023		1893
BL1696886 - Dec 16 2022		1601
BL1680913 - Nov 27 2022		1646

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3500 APU
As of 8th of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3500 APU		1,371
Intel Core i3-2120T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,515 (+10.5%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,459 (+6.4%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,360 (-0.8%)
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,186 (-13.5%)
Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,108 (-19.2%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,080 (-21.2%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,441 (+5.1%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,268 (-7.5%)
Intel Pentium G640T @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,139 (-16.9%)
Intel Pentium G630T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,090 (-20.5%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,551 (+13.1%)
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,550 (+13.0%)

Is the AMD A6-3500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of June 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,224
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,106
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,467
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,431
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,799
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,592
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,195
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,798
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,798
Intel Core i5-13600K		6,775
Intel Core i5-13600KF		6,745
Intel Core i9-13900T		6,741
AMD A6-3500 APU		232

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