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.

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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: 4.59

Overall Rank:
5265th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
4564th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
1441st fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

367

Single Thread Rating

606

^%
Samples: 388*
*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	1,253 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	725 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	2 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,034 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	116.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	7,734 KBytes/Sec
Physics	40 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	127 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	606 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

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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		58,452
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,292
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,583
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,083
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon 64 3500+		367

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		130.23
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 Athlon 64 3500+		4.59
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 Athlon 64 3500+		606

Last 3 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3186822 - Jan 04 2026		339
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 14th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 3500+		367
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		394 (+7.2%)
AMD Sempron 3400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		292 (-20.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		404 (+10.1%)
AMD Sempron 3100+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		298 (-18.9%)
Intel Celeron D 365 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		337 (-8.2%)
Intel Celeron 430 @ 1.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		305 (-17.1%)
Intel Celeron 420 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		231 (-37.2%)
AMD Athlon 1640B vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		376 (+2.2%)
Intel Celeron 440 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		368 (+0.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		340 (-7.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		317 (-13.7%)
AMD Sempron LE-1250 vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+		301 (-18.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 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		12,429
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
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		10,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD Athlon 64 3500+		166

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