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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: 23.88

Overall Rank:
3607th fastest in multithreading out of 5120 CPUs
3493rd fastest in single threading out of 5120 CPUs
1093rd fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1438
Single Thread Rating
965

Samples: 283*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,955
Thread: 725

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3500 APU

Integer Math4,070 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,076 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,777 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption371.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression30,413 KBytes/Sec
Physics152 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions767 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread965 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3500 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of May 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$60.23 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,696
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,314
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,137
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,863
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,474
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,176
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,709
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,438
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K
 148.60
Intel Core i9-12900K
 136.22
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 51.93
AMD A6-3500 APU
 23.88
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i5-12400F
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,479
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,563
AMD A6-3500 APU
 965
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3500 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2577653 - Apr 24 2025
1435
BL2557834 - Apr 16 2025
1427
BL5088809 - Mar 09 2025
1528
BL5088807 - Mar 09 2025
1529
BL2380722 - Jan 31 2025
1626
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3500 APU
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,438
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,495 (+3.9%)
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,353 (-5.9%)
Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,132 (-21.3%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,441 (+0.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,396 (-3.0%)
Intel Celeron G555 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,388 (-3.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,783 (+24.0%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,671 (+16.2%)
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,600 (+11.3%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,591 (+10.6%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,276 (-11.3%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B75 vs AMD A6-3500 APU
 1,751 (+21.7%)

Is the AMD A6-3500 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,497
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,324
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,598
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,514
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,285
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,812
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,682
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,529
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,406
AMD A6-3500 APU
 234