iconcharts
0

CPU Benchmarks

Over 1,000,000 CPUs Benchmarked

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.

Search for AMD A8-3500M APU
from the Featured Merchants below:
Amazon.com
Newegg.com
bestbuy.com
EBay.com
Note: PassMark Software may earn compensation for sales from links on this site through affiliate programs.
CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,147
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 20,796
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 20,025
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 18,227
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 16,688
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,148
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 11,624
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 10,674
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 9,511
AMD A8-3500M APU
 1,394
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 50.70
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 30.78
AMD A8-3500M APU
 23.25
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 11.12
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 19th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,899
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
 3,045
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
 3,022
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
 2,911
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
 2,641
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,627
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
 2,598
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
 2,404
AMD A8-3500M APU
 802
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