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AMD A6-3420M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-3420M 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 A6-3420M APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A6-3420M APU

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FS1

Clockspeed: 1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 35 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 A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3393rd fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
3571st fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
824th fastest in out of 1414 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1295

Single Thread Rating

775

Samples: 726*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,897
Thread: 579

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3420M APU

Integer Math	3,291 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,995 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,635 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	344.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,168 KBytes/Sec
Physics	151 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	650 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	775 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3420M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 23rd of July 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 23rd of July 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,050
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,042
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,521
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,539
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,172
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,038
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,884
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,841
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,787
AMD A6-3420M APU		1,295

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.95
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.67
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.29
AMD A6-3420M APU		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,919
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,695
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,079
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,047
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,685
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,659
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,616
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,441
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,428
AMD A6-3420M APU		775

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3420M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2145438 - Jul 15 2024		1499
BL1991555 - Jan 09 2024		1204
BL1986487 - Jan 03 2024		1409
BL1915422 - Oct 01 2023		1249
BL1904520 - Sep 15 2023		1327

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3420M APU
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3420M APU		1,295
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,261 (-2.6%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,225 (-5.4%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,448 (+11.8%)
Intel Core i5-2467M @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,444 (+11.5%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,365 (+5.4%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,324 (+2.2%)
AMD A6-3410MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,263 (-2.5%)
Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,225 (-5.4%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,221 (-5.8%)
AMD A8-3510MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,614 (+24.6%)
AMD A8-3530MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,608 (+24.2%)
AMD A6-3430MX APU vs AMD A6-3420M APU		1,448 (+11.8%)

Is the AMD A6-3420M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,078
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,916
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,860
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,696
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,657
Intel Core i7-14650HX		6,520
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,417
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,211
Intel Core i9-13905H		6,195
Intel Core i5-14500HX		6,187
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H		6,035
Intel Core i7-14700HX		5,920
AMD A6-3420M APU		181