AMD A8-3850 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD A8-3850 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the AMD A series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FM1 socket and was released in Q3/2011. The AMD A8-3850 scores 363 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,159 points.
AMD A8-3850

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the AMD A8-3850. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD A8-3850.

Name: AMD A8-3850
Family: AMD A
CPU group: AMD A8-3000
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 1
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A8-3850 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-3850 is 2.90 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 4
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: Yes
Frequency: 2.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

The AMD A8-3850 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD A8-3850 uses the AMD Radeon HD 6550D, which has 400 texture shaders and 5 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: AMD Radeon HD 6550D
GPU frequency: 0.60 GHz
GPU (Turbo): No turbo
Execution units: 5
Shader: 400
Max. GPU Memory: 1 GB
Max. displays: 2
Generation: 3
Direct X: 11
Technology: 32 nm
Release date: Q2/2011

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode
VP8: No
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: DDR3-1600
Max. Memory:
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth: --
ECC: No
PCIe:
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 100 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 100 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The AMD A8-3850 is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 32 nm
Chip design:
Socket: FM1
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 4.00 MB
Architecture: Llano (K10)
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE3, SSE4a
Release date: Q3/2011
Release price: 85 $
Part Number: --
Documents: --

Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD A8-3850 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD A10-7400P AMD A10-7400P
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
366
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 Intel Core2 Duo E6700
2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz
365
Intel Pentium 4405Y Intel Pentium 4405Y
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
364
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
363
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
363
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
362
AMD A6-9210 AMD A6-9210
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
361
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD Athlon II X4 615e AMD Athlon II X4 615e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1161
Intel Pentium G4400T Intel Pentium G4400T
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
1161
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600 AMD Ryzen Embedded R1600
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1160
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1159
Intel Core i5-3317U Intel Core i5-3317U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
1157
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz
1155
AMD Athlon II X4 620 AMD Athlon II X4 620
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1155
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 Qualcomm Snapdragon 765
Qualcomm Adreno 620 @ 0.63 GHz
490
Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G
Qualcomm Adreno 618 @ 0.95 GHz
486
AMD A10-5745M AMD A10-5745M
AMD Radeon HD 8610G @ 0.63 GHz
481
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
AMD Radeon HD 6550D @ 0.60 GHz
480
Intel Core i9-10885H Intel Core i9-10885H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.25 GHz
480
Intel Xeon E-2286M Intel Xeon E-2286M
Intel UHD Graphics P630 @ 1.25 GHz
480
Intel Core i9-10980HK Intel Core i9-10980HK
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.25 GHz
480
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.

Intel Core i5-4350U Intel Core i5-4350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
3604
Intel Core i5-2520M Intel Core i5-2520M
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
3587
Intel Celeron G4900 Intel Celeron G4900
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz
3581
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
3555
Intel Core i5-7Y54 Intel Core i5-7Y54
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
3551
Intel Core i3-4100M Intel Core i3-4100M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
3542
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3541
Show all Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD Athlon II X2 340 AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz
1518
AMD Phenom II X3 715 AMD Phenom II X3 715
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz
1518
AMD Phenom II X3 720 AMD Phenom II X3 720
3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz
1518
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1512
AMD Athlon II X4 630 AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1510
AMD Phenom II X2 B53 AMD Phenom II X2 B53
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1510
Intel Core i3-3227U Intel Core i3-3227U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1506
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i7-3687U Intel Core i7-3687U
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
5548
AMD Ryzen 3 2200U AMD Ryzen 3 2200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
5531
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
5531
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
5511
Intel Core i5-4310U Intel Core i5-4310U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5492
Intel Core m3-8100Y Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
5462
Intel Atom C2730 Intel Atom C2730
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
5436
Show all Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD FX-8100 AMD FX-8100
8C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
0.9
AMD Phenom II X4 940 AMD Phenom II X4 940
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0.9
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
0.9
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
0.89
AMD A10-6700T AMD A10-6700T
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
0.89
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0.88
Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
6C 6T @ 1.70 GHz
0.88
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i3-3250 Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz
3.52
Intel Core i3-4350T Intel Core i3-4350T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3.52
AMD Athlon II X4 740 AMD Athlon II X4 740
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
3.51
AMD A8-3850 AMD A8-3850
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
3.5
Intel Core i5-6360U Intel Core i5-6360U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
3.5
Intel Core i3-4360T Intel Core i3-4360T
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
3.47
AMD FX-4300 AMD FX-4300
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3.47
Show all Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



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