AMD Sempron 3850 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD Sempron 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.

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AMD Sempron 3850 APU

Description: with Radeon R3

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM1,FS1b

Clockspeed: 1.3 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 25 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 2048 KB

Other names: AMD Sempron(tm) 3850 APU with Radeon(tm) R3

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2014

CPUmark/$Price: 24.56

Overall Rank:
4154th fastest in multithreading out of 5478 CPUs
4910th fastest in single threading out of 5478 CPUs
1203rd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $47.57 USD (2023-01-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1168

Single Thread Rating

447

Samples: 111*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,878
Thread: 519

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Sempron 3850 APU

Integer Math	6,505 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,610 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,525 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	386.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	18,663 KBytes/Sec
Physics	100 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	652 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	447 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Sempron 3850 APU

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,544
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,362
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,953
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,540
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,110
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Sempron 3850 APU		1,168

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.99
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		189.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.36
Intel Core i5-12400F		112.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.11
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Sempron 3850 APU		24.56
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 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Sempron 3850 APU		447

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Sempron 3850 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2712441 - Jun 21 2025		1058
BL5085154 - Jan 25 2025		1332
BL2333499 - Jan 10 2025		1241
BL2333355 - Jan 10 2025		1262
BL5081252 - Dec 12 2024		1270

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Sempron 3850 APU
As of 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Sempron 3850 APU		1,168
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		1,436 (+22.9%)
Intel Core i5-4590S @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		5,132 (+339.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		1,043 (-10.7%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		1,007 (-13.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		942 (-19.3%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		937 (-19.8%)
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		1,369 (+17.2%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		1,282 (+9.7%)
Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		5,584 (+377.9%)
Intel Core i3-4370 @ 3.80GHz vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		3,854 (+229.9%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		3,196 (+173.6%)
AMD A10-6790K APU vs AMD Sempron 3850 APU		3,112 (+166.3%)

Is the AMD Sempron 3850 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,438
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,797
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,509
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,453
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,308
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,647
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,484
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,421
AMD Sempron 3850 APU		113

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