AMD A8-3500M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3500M 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 A8-3500M 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 A8-3500M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 23.20

Overall Rank:
3929th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
4082nd fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
899th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $59.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1391

Single Thread Rating

800

Samples: 270*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,941
Thread: 587

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3500M APU

Integer Math	3,344 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,173 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,862 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	386.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,411 KBytes/Sec
Physics	160 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	699 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	800 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3500M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of November 2025.
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 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,391
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,703
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,870
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,106
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,559
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,619
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,417
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,391

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.56
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.30
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.47
AMD A8-3500M APU		23.20
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.06
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 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,679
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,517
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,033
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,012
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,895
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,622
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,592
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,395
AMD A8-3500M APU		800

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3500M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3018794 - Oct 31 2025		1313
BL2663288 - May 30 2025		1315
BL2426697 - Feb 19 2025		1343
BL2336878 - Jan 11 2025		1363
BL2148658 - Jul 19 2024		1355

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3500M APU
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3500M APU		1,391
AMD A8-4500M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,693 (+21.7%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,654 (+18.9%)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,080 (+49.6%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		2,014 (+44.8%)
AMD A8-3520M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,448 (+4.1%)
Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,221 (-12.2%)
AMD A10-4600M APU vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,945 (+39.9%)
Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,893 (+36.1%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,707 (+22.7%)
AMD Phenom II P960 Quad-Core vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,431 (+2.9%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,326 (-4.6%)
Intel Atom x7-Z8700 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-3500M APU		1,325 (-4.8%)

Is the AMD A8-3500M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,834
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,622
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		9,061
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,018
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,976
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,810
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,982
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		6,756
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,718
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,715
AMD A8-3500M APU		190

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