AMD A8-3520M vs AMD A6-3420M

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3520M and AMD A6-3420M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3520M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 840 vs 775
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1453 vs 1300
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 274 vs 261
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 798 vs 788
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.221 vs 2.561
  • 35.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 168.603 vs 4.751
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.297 vs 0.131
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2011 vs 15 June 2011
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 840 vs 775
PassMark - CPU mark 1453 vs 1300
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 274 vs 261
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 798 vs 788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.221 vs 2.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 168.603 vs 4.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.297 vs 0.131

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3520M
CPU 2: AMD A6-3420M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
840
775
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1453
1300
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
274
261
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
798
788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
3.221
2.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
168.603
4.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
0.297
0.131
Name AMD A8-3520M AMD A6-3420M
PassMark - Single thread mark 840 775
PassMark - CPU mark 1453 1300
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 274 261
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 798 788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.221 2.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 168.603 4.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.297 0.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.581
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3961

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-3520M AMD A6-3420M

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Llano
Launch date 1 October 2011 15 June 2011
Place in performance rating 2590 2279
Series AMD A-Series AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 218 mm 218 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4096 KB 4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 1000 Million 1000 Million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FS1 FS1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)