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AMD A8-3500M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3500M 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 A8-3500M APU Good for Gaming?

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

AMD A8-3500M APU

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FS1

Clockspeed: 1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 35 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 A8-3500M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 23.25

Overall Rank:
3779th fastest in multithreading out of 5277 CPUs
3943rd fastest in single threading out of 5277 CPUs
885th fastest in out of 1498 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $59.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1394
Single Thread Rating
802

Samples: 269*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,941
Thread: 587

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3500M APU

Integer Math3,364 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,182 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,874 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption386.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression31,504 KBytes/Sec
Physics160 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions701 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread802 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3500M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of July 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3500M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2663288 - May 30 2025
1315
BL2426697 - Feb 19 2025
1343
BL2336878 - Jan 11 2025
1363
BL2148658 - Jul 19 2024
1355
BL2148491 - Jul 19 2024
1238
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3500M APU
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3500M APU
1,394
AMD A8-4500M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,692 (+21.4%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,650 (+18.4%)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU
2,085 (+49.6%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU
2,009 (+44.2%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,440 (+3.3%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,218 (-12.6%)
AMD A10-4600M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,947 (+39.7%)
Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,900 (+36.3%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,703 (+22.2%)
AMD Phenom II P960 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,431 (+2.7%)
Intel Atom x7-Z8700 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,333 (-4.3%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU
1,322 (-5.2%)

Is the AMD A8-3500M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,804
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
9,029
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
8,142
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
7,805
Intel Core i9-14900HX
7,041
Intel Core i9-13900HX
6,773
Intel Core i9-13980HX
6,749
Intel Core i9-13950HX
6,748
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
6,728
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
6,686
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D
6,630
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
6,451
AMD A8-3500M APU
190