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 ...]

Compare List
Add other CPU:

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:
4028th fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
3857th fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
1157th fastest in out of 1554 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 Math	4,067 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,083 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,772 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	371.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	30,394 KBytes/Sec
Physics	152 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	769 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	964 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Search for AMD A6-3500 APU
from the Featured Merchants below:

Note: PassMark Software may earn compensation for sales from links on this site through affiliate programs.

Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,452
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,702
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD A6-3500 APU		1,439

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD A6-3500 APU		23.89
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
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 17th of February 2026 - 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		1,494 (+3.8%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,356 (-5.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,337 (-7.1%)
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 Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,601 (+11.2%)
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,600 (+11.2%)
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,467 (+1.9%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,282 (-10.9%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU		1,598 (+11.1%)

Is the AMD A6-3500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD A6-3500 APU		234

CPU Benchmarks

CPU Benchmarks

AMD A6-3500 APU

Add CPUs to start comparisons

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3500 APU

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3500 APU

Pricing History