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: 26.42

Overall Rank:
3552nd fastest in multithreading out of 5074 CPUs
3709th fastest in single threading out of 5074 CPUs
840th fastest in out of 1468 Laptop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1453

Single Thread Rating

840

Samples: 238*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,007
Thread: 617

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

Integer Math	3,820 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,390 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,964 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	382.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31,827 KBytes/Sec
Physics	165 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	741 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	840 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3520M APU

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of April 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 19th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,133
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,895
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,135
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,313
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,797
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,703
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,724
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,611
AMD A8-3520M APU		1,453

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.98
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.10
AMD A8-3520M APU		26.42
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.17
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 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 19th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,052
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,032
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,924
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,657
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,638
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,602
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
AMD A8-3520M APU		840

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3520M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2560999 - Apr 17 2025		1466
BL2362680 - Jan 23 2025		1656
BL2256247 - Nov 26 2024		1322
BL1991171 - Jan 08 2024 [Excluded]		642
BL1896206 - Sep 03 2023		1601

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3520M APU
As of 19th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3520M APU		1,453
AMD A8-4500M APU vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,693 (+16.5%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,000 (+37.7%)
AMD A8-3500M APU vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,397 (-3.9%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,785 (+22.9%)
Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,666 (+83.5%)
Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,466 (+69.7%)
Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,944 (+33.8%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,698 (+16.8%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,646 (+13.3%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,324 (-8.9%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,259 (-13.3%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,247 (-14.2%)

Is the AMD A8-3520M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,163
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		7,861
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,221
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,071
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		7,040
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,800
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,797
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,787
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,559
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,207
AMD A8-3520M APU		197

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