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AMD A6-3600 APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-3600 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 A6-3600 APU Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


AMD A6-3600 APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM1

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 65 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 A6-3600 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 68.86

Overall Rank:
3722nd fastest in multithreading out of 5489 CPUs
3893rd fastest in single threading out of 5489 CPUs
1055th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $24.95 USD (2020-06-04)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1718
Single Thread Rating
913

Samples: 140*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,606
Thread: 745

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-3600 APU

Integer Math4,962 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,023 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting4,462 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption464.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression35,836 KBytes/Sec
Physics168 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions866 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread913 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-3600 APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of December 2025


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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 2025.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,551
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,354
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,546
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,108
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,145
AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,718
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 282.22
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 163.67
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 159.58
Intel Core i5-12400F
 130.77
Intel Core i9-14900K
 130.40
Intel Core i9-13900K
 106.29
AMD A6-3600 APU
 68.86
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 53.74
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 13th 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
 3,889
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 A6-3600 APU
 913
Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-3600 APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2960415 - Oct 08 2025
1866
BL2960406 - Oct 08 2025
1866
BL2115354 - Jun 03 2024
2009
BL2115340 - Jun 03 2024
2009
BL1825781 - May 24 2023
1462
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD A6-3600 APU
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,718
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,877 (+9.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 2,089 (+21.6%)
AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,938 (+12.8%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B77 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,844 (+7.3%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 3,688 (+114.7%)
AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,807 (+5.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,795 (+4.4%)
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,667 (-3.0%)
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,564 (-9.0%)
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,369 (-20.3%)
AMD A4-5300 APU vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,367 (-20.4%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 vs AMD A6-3600 APU
 1,965 (+14.4%)

Is the AMD A6-3600 APU Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,446
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,795
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,447
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
 10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
 9,669
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,475
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
 9,415
AMD A6-3600 APU
 207