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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.

Is the AMD A6-3600 APU Good for Gaming?

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


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: 70.12

Overall Rank:
3784th fastest in multithreading out of 5778 CPUs
3952nd fastest in single threading out of 5778 CPUs
1071st fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1750
Single Thread Rating
915

Samples: 142*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,606
Thread: 745

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3600 APU

Integer Math5,039 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,065 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting4,507 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption472.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression36,322 KBytes/Sec
Physics172 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions893 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread915 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3600 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,454
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,301
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,943
Apple M4 10 Core
 23,699
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,578
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,133
AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,750
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 130.24
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 126.29
Intel Core i9-14900K
 124.64
Intel Core i5-12400F
 122.37
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.97
AMD A6-3600 APU
 70.12
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 60.62
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 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 A6-3600 APU
 915
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3600 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3198805 - Jan 09 2026
2016
BL3190627 - Jan 06 2026
1985
BL2960415 - Oct 08 2025
1866
BL2960406 - Oct 08 2025
1866
BL2115354 - Jun 03 2024
2009
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 February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,750
Intel Core i3-2130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 2,066 (+18.1%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,891 (+8.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 2,160 (+23.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 2,104 (+20.3%)
AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,938 (+10.8%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B77 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,844 (+5.4%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 3,688 (+110.8%)
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 2,627 (+50.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 2,180 (+24.6%)
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,811 (+3.5%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,795 (+2.6%)
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,667 (-4.7%)

Is the AMD A6-3600 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
 14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,423
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
 10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,384
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,770
AMD A6-3600 APU
 210