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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: 32.29

Overall Rank:
3328th fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
3274th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
915th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2421

Single Thread Rating

1223

Samples: 527*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,286
Thread: 986

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3850 APU

Integer Math	6,942 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,289 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,399 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	657.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	53,377 KBytes/Sec
Physics	198 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,330 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,223 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3850 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,294
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,941
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,583
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD A8-3850 APU		2,421

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD A8-3850 APU		32.29
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD A8-3850 APU		1,223

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3850 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3089467 - Nov 28 2025		2462
BL2919692 - Sep 19 2025		2555
BL2875054 - Aug 31 2025		1945
BL2858463 - Aug 24 2025		2578
BL2821977 - Aug 08 2025		2493

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3850 APU
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3850 APU		2,421
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		1,861 (-23.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,638 (+9.0%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,615 (+8.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 850 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,462 (+1.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,275 (-6.1%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,968 (+22.6%)
Intel Core i5-2500T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,929 (+21.0%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,856 (+18.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,662 (+9.9%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,257 (-6.8%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,754 (+13.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B97 vs AMD A8-3850 APU		2,562 (+5.8%)

Is the AMD A8-3850 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD A8-3850 APU		260