AMD A8-3520M APU

Price and performance details for the AMD A8-3520M APU can be found below. 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.
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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 Size: L1: 512 KB, L2: 4.0 MB,

Other names: AMD A8-3520M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 25.47

Overall Rank: 2698

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

Average CPU Mark

1401

Single Thread Rating: 835
Samples: 231*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,007
Thread: 617

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

Integer Math	3,645 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,312 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	362.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	31.1 MBytes/Sec
Physics	163 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	708 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	835 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of February 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3520M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of February 2023

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of February 2023.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 9th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,158
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,954
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,300
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		21,043
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,847
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,265
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		12,168
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11,083
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		10,030
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		7,034
AMD A8-3520M APU		1,401

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		53.27
AMD A8-3520M APU		25.47
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		25.39
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.55
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,848
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,825
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,731
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,117
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,070
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,693
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,629
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,465
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.20GHz		2,314
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U		1,965
AMD A8-3520M APU		835

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-3520M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1571551 - May 26 2022		1412
BL1571483 - May 26 2022		1484
BL1562543 - May 07 2022		1336
BL1554110 - Apr 21 2022		1421
BL1425141 - Jul 08 2021		1291

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-3520M APU
As of 9th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-3520M APU		1,401
AMD A8-4500M APU vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,663 (+18.7%)
Intel Core i5-460M @ 2.53GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,294 (-7.6%)
Intel Core i3-380M @ 2.53GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,177 (-16.0%)
AMD A8-3500M APU vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,430 (+2.1%)
Intel Core i3-2350M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,251 (-10.7%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,229 (-12.2%)
Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,638 (+88.3%)
Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,471 (+76.4%)
Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,958 (+39.8%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,675 (+19.6%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,627 (+16.2%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,363 (-2.7%)

Is the AMD A8-3520M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of February 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,699
Intel Core i9-12900HK		5,877
Intel Core i9-12900H		5,755
Intel Core i9-12950HX		5,631
Intel Core i7-1370P		5,618
Intel Core i9-12900HX		5,588
Intel Core i7-12650H		5,262
Intel Core i7-12800H		5,252
Intel Core i7-12700H		5,168
Intel Core i7-12800HX		4,840
Intel Core i7-1280P		4,803
Intel Core i7-12850HX		4,753
AMD A8-3520M APU		196

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