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AMD A8-3820 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3820 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 A8-3820 APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-3820 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.8 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 A8-3820 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 48.45

Overall Rank:
3371st fastest in multithreading out of 5441 CPUs
3386th fastest in single threading out of 5441 CPUs
946th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $44.95 USD (2020-03-22)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2178
Single Thread Rating
1126

Samples: 143*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,941
Thread: 875

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3820 APU

Integer Math6,453 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,996 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,751 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption566.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression46,563 KBytes/Sec
Physics203 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,154 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,126 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3820 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of November 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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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,561
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,422
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,961
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,848
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,513
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,117
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,178
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 263.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 183.61
Intel Core i5-12400F
 145.35
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 138.15
Intel Core i9-14900K
 127.59
Intel Core i9-13900K
 103.40
AMD A8-3820 APU
 48.45
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 47.80
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,561
AMD A8-3820 APU
 1,126
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3820 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2960099 - Oct 07 2025
1681
BL2942283 - Sep 30 2025
2222
BL2815653 - Aug 05 2025
2282
BL2688078 - Jun 11 2025
2317
BL2507082 - Mar 25 2025
2336
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3820 APU
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,178
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,351 (+8.0%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,277 (+4.5%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,216 (+1.7%)
AMD A8-3800 APU vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,047 (-6.0%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 1,856 (-14.8%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,614 (+20.0%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,545 (+16.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,421 (+11.2%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,360 (+8.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,353 (+8.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 2,010 (-7.7%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A8-3820 APU
 1,700 (-21.9%)

Is the AMD A8-3820 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,504
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,613
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,501
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,482
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,427
AMD A8-3820 APU
 253