AMD A8-3520M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-3520M 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 A8-3520M APU

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FS1

Clockspeed: 1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.5 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 A8-3520M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 26.33

Overall Rank:
3372nd fastest in multithreading out of 4874 CPUs
3527th fastest in single threading out of 4874 CPUs
800th fastest in out of 1427 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $55.00 USD (2020-04-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1448

Single Thread Rating

845

Samples: 235*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,007
Thread: 617

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-3520M APU

Integer Math	3,851 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,388 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,998 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	377.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	32,027 KBytes/Sec
Physics	166 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	735 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	845 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of October 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3520M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of October 2024

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of October 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 30th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,865
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,013
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,433
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,501
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,538
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,155
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,015
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,848
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,812
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,748
AMD A8-3520M APU		1,448

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 30th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.73
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.55
AMD A8-3520M APU		26.33
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.26
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 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 30th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,804
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,688
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,073
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,044
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,679
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,655
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,614
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,440
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,423
AMD A8-3520M APU		845

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3520M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1991171 - Jan 08 2024 [Excluded]		642
BL1896206 - Sep 03 2023		1601
BL1796291 - Apr 16 2023		1546
BL1742211 - Feb 10 2023		1628
BL1742210 - Feb 10 2023		1628

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3520M APU
As of 30th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3520M APU		1,448
AMD A8-4500M APU vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,689 (+16.7%)
Intel Core i3-380M @ 2.53GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,198 (-17.3%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,001 (+38.2%)
AMD A8-3500M APU vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,400 (-3.3%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,256 (-13.3%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,230 (-15.0%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,781 (+23.0%)
Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,660 (+83.7%)
Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,465 (+70.2%)
Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,941 (+34.1%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,701 (+17.5%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,635 (+12.9%)

Is the AMD A8-3520M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 30th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,003
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,884
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,805
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,708
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,604
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,351
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,226
Intel Core i9-13905H		6,219
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,133
Intel Core i7-14650HX		6,130
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H		6,048
Intel Core i7-13800H		5,912
AMD A8-3520M APU		198

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