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.

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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: 23.13

Overall Rank:
4098th fastest in multithreading out of 5821 CPUs
4227th fastest in single threading out of 5821 CPUs
936th fastest in out of 1618 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1387

Single Thread Rating

794

Samples: 273*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,941
Thread: 587

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

Integer Math	3,321 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,134 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,829 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	385.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,166 KBytes/Sec
Physics	161 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	701 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	794 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3500M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of March 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of March 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,217
Apple M4 10 Core		23,685
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,605
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,737
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		17,989
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,457
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,130
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,590
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,382
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,387

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.18
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		49.97
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.36
AMD A8-3500M APU		23.13
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.03
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,885
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,501
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,002
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,884
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,612
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,586
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,391
AMD A8-3500M APU		794

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3500M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3255912 - Feb 01 2026		1231
BL3253682 - Jan 31 2026		1456
BL3253528 - Jan 31 2026		1353
BL3018794 - Oct 31 2025		1313
BL2663288 - May 30 2025		1315

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3500M APU
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,387
AMD A8-4500M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,696 (+22.3%)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,077 (+49.8%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,021 (+45.7%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,426 (+2.9%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,272 (-8.3%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,251 (-9.8%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,221 (-12.0%)
AMD A10-4600M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,950 (+40.6%)
Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,893 (+36.5%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,714 (+23.6%)
AMD Phenom II P960 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,424 (+2.7%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,331 (-4.0%)

Is the AMD A8-3500M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,792
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,351
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,986
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,891
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,907
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,893
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,705
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,890
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,698
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,666
AMD A8-3500M APU		190

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