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A8-3520M APU

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 37.7% (1126th of 1442)

Based on 1,349 user benchmarks.  Devices: 178BFBFF00300F10, 0000000000000000 Model: AMD A8-3520M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 27%Average: 37.7% Great: 44%
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

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Poor average bench

The AMD A8-3520M APU averaged 62.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 58.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 29.9Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A8-3520M APU is just 16.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A8-3520M APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 102Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 101Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,349 samples)
Rank 112637.7%
Min Avg Max
42.2 Memory 58.7 68.3
14.2 1-Core 29.9 37.6
32.1 2-Core 56.7 72.8
32.8% 48.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
54.8 4-Core 99.3 128
60.4 8-Core 101 130
13.4% 100 Pts
Min Avg Max
62.4 64-Core 102 130
6.3% 102 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
37.9% Below average
Memory 62.6
1-Core 28.9
2-Core 51.3
33% 47.6 Pts
4-Core 78.1
8-Core 83.8
11% 80.9 Pts
64-Core 82
5% 82 Pts
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
33.5% Below average
Memory 54.7
1-Core 28
2-Core 46
30% 42.9 Pts
4-Core 72.8
8-Core 78
10% 75.4 Pts
64-Core 79.9
5% 79.9 Pts
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
32.5% Below average
Memory 57.9
1-Core 24.2
2-Core 47.5
30% 43.2 Pts
4-Core 40.9
8-Core 86.4
7% 63.7 Pts
64-Core 85.2
5% 85.2 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
29.5% Poor
Memory 44.2
1-Core 32.1
2-Core 56.2
28% 44.2 Pts
4-Core 86.3
8-Core 91.2
12% 88.8 Pts
64-Core 91.5
6% 91.5 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
29.1% Poor
Memory 45
1-Core 32.6
2-Core 53.4
28% 43.7 Pts
4-Core 77.4
8-Core 81.4
10% 79.4 Pts
64-Core 81.7
5% 81.7 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
28.8% Poor
Memory 44.7
1-Core 28.2
2-Core 50.7
27% 41.2 Pts
4-Core 75.1
8-Core 80.9
10% 78 Pts
64-Core 79.7
5% 79.7 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg)
28.6% Poor
Memory 43.9
1-Core 31.9
2-Core 56.5
28% 44.1 Pts
4-Core 77.2
8-Core 86.1
11% 81.6 Pts
64-Core 92.3
6% 92.3 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
27.1% Poor
Memory 43.3
1-Core 28.2
2-Core 46.9
26% 39.5 Pts
4-Core 63.3
8-Core 72
9% 67.7 Pts
64-Core 76.4
5% 76.4 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 36%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC

CPU
A8-3520M APUAMD  $60Bench 38%, 1,349 samples1x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples840x
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples384x
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples183x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples91x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples43x
MX500 500GBCrucial  $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples40x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples111x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 43%, 15,815 samples82x
M471B5673EH1-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 27%, 1,322 samples70x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $88

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