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

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:
3268th fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
3434th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
786th fastest in out of 1413 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 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-3520M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of July 2024

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of July 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,044
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,530
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,539
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,040
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,892
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,847
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,793
AMD A8-3520M APU		1,448

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.97
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.69
AMD A8-3520M APU		26.33
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.30
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 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,080
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,047
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,686
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,660
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,616
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,441
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,429
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 16th of July 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		1,679 (+16.0%)
Intel Core i3-380M @ 2.53GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,199 (-17.2%)
Intel Core i5-2430M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,006 (+38.5%)
AMD A8-3500M APU vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,410 (-2.6%)
Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,225 (-15.4%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,779 (+22.9%)
Intel Core i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,667 (+84.2%)
Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		2,470 (+70.6%)
Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,941 (+34.0%)
Intel Core i3-3120M @ 2.50GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,695 (+17.1%)
Intel Core i3-3110M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,636 (+13.0%)
Intel Core i3-2370M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-3520M APU		1,364 (-5.8%)

Is the AMD A8-3520M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,083
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,927
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,860
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,696
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,640
Intel Core i7-14650HX		6,539
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,420
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,211
Intel Core i9-13905H		6,208
Intel Core i5-14500HX		6,187
Intel Core Ultra 9 185H		6,038
Intel Core i7-13800H		5,912
AMD A8-3520M APU		198

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