AMD A6-3600 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-3600 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.

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AMD A6-3600 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 65 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 A6-3600 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 71.34

Overall Rank:
4011th fastest in multithreading out of 6046 CPUs
4172nd fastest in single threading out of 6046 CPUs
1107th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $24.95 USD (2020-06-04)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1780

Single Thread Rating

923

Samples: 144*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,606
Thread: 745

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3600 APU

Integer Math	5,098 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,151 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,610 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	479.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	36,907 KBytes/Sec
Physics	177 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	909 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	923 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3600 APU

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,188
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,051
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,568
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,820
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,536
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,023
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
AMD A6-3600 APU		1,780

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		174.80
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.18
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		95.77
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.92
AMD A6-3600 APU		71.34
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD A6-3600 APU		923

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3600 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3447300 - May 02 2026		2067
BL5113801 - Feb 21 2026		2041
BL3198805 - Jan 09 2026		2016
BL3190627 - Jan 06 2026		1985
BL2960415 - Oct 08 2025		1866

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3600 APU
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3600 APU		1,780
Intel Core i3-2130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A6-3600 APU		2,067 (+16.1%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD A6-3600 APU		1,897 (+6.6%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD A6-3600 APU		2,168 (+21.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs AMD A6-3600 APU		2,104 (+18.2%)
AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs AMD A6-3600 APU		1,939 (+8.9%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B77 vs AMD A6-3600 APU		1,844 (+3.6%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-3600 APU		3,703 (+108.0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD A6-3600 APU		2,184 (+22.7%)
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs AMD A6-3600 APU		1,844 (+3.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD A6-3600 APU		1,795 (+0.8%)
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core vs AMD A6-3600 APU		1,703 (-4.3%)
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core vs AMD A6-3600 APU		1,564 (-12.2%)

Is the AMD A6-3600 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,467
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,384
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,102
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,686
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,486
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,354
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,058
AMD A6-3600 APU		214

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