AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 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 Athlon 64 3500+ Good for Gaming?

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AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 1

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 4.71

Overall Rank:
4767th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
4281st fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
1358th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $79.95 USD (2020-12-12)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

377

Single Thread Rating

576

^%
Samples: 387*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 563
Thread: 664

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Integer Math	1,338 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	805 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	2 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,034 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	116.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	7,644 KBytes/Sec
Physics	42 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	133 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	576 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 23rd of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.

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Pricing History

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2.0GHz AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512KB L2 939pin E6 ADA3200DAA4BW

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,652
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,297
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,014
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		15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon 64 3500+		377

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.09
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.56
Intel Core i9-13900K		146.63
Intel Core i9-12900K		142.65
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		131.36
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.22
AMD Athlon 64 3500+		4.71
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 24th 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		3,901
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 Athlon 64 3500+		576

Last 2 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5060340 - Apr 03 2024		338
BL5008158 - Nov 15 2021		426

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 3500+
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 3500+		377
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		394 (+4.5%)
AMD Sempron 3400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		292 (-22.4%)
AMD Athlon LE-1640 vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		430 (+14.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		404 (+7.3%)
AMD Sempron 3100+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		298 (-21.0%)
Intel Celeron 430 @ 1.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		300 (-20.4%)
Intel Celeron 420 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		257 (-31.9%)
AMD Athlon 1640B vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		412 (+9.2%)
Intel Celeron 440 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		368 (-2.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		340 (-9.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		317 (-15.9%)
AMD Sempron LE-1250 vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		301 (-20.2%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,448
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,149
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,300
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,841
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,484
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,804
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,640
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,529
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,517
AMD Athlon 64 3500+		169

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