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AMD A8-3850 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3850 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 A8-3850 APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-3850 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 100 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 A8-3850 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 32.16

Overall Rank:
3004th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
2982nd fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
870th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $75.00 USD (2024-10-29)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2412

Single Thread Rating

1221

Samples: 518*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,286
Thread: 986

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3850 APU

Integer Math	6,943 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,300 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,407 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	655.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	53,460 KBytes/Sec
Physics	197 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,317 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,221 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3850 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 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 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,652
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,295
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,015
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,487
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD A8-3850 APU		2,412

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.08
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.57
Intel Core i9-13900K		152.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.17
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		131.36
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.23
AMD A8-3850 APU		32.16
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 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD A8-3850 APU		1,221

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3850 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2690057 - Jun 11 2025		2603
BL2627457 - May 15 2025		2444
BL2627302 - May 15 2025		2533
BL2617184 - May 11 2025		2486
BL2616355 - May 11 2025		2536

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3850 APU
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3850 APU		2,412
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,610 (+8.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 850 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,455 (+1.8%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		3,001 (+24.4%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,958 (+22.6%)
Intel Core i5-2500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,929 (+21.4%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,869 (+18.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,661 (+10.3%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,537 (+5.2%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,254 (-6.6%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,744 (+13.7%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,619 (+8.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,537 (+5.2%)

Is the AMD A8-3850 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,452
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,150
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,297
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,843
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,586
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,483
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,803
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,639
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,526
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,517
AMD A8-3850 APU		259