AMD A8-Series A8-3500M - AM3500DDX43GX

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AMD A8-3500M is one of the first mobile CPUs from "A8-Series for Notebooks" family. This processor, built on newly announced Llano core, was introduced in June 2011 as a part of Sabine mobile platform along with two other members of A8-Series family. The CPU, marketed by AMD as Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), is aimed at mid-class / high-performance mainstream laptops with discreet-class graphics capabilities.

AMD Llano core is a fusion of improved "Stars" or K10 CPU cores, and high-performance integrated Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). The A8-3500M is produced using 32nm manufacturing process, and it features four CPU cores, each having 128 KB level 1 and 1 MB level 2 dedicated caches. The APU operates at 1.5 GHz clock frequency, which can be boosted as high as 2.4 GHz when not all CPU cores are active. The A8-3500M supports common instruction set extensions up to SSE3 / SSE4A, and standard K10 technologies, such as AMD64 and Virtualization.

Unlike previous generation of mobile AMD microprocessors from "Danube" platform, that had graphics controller integrated in the chipset, the A8-Series APUs integrate graphics directly on a chip. The A8-3500M model has Radeon HD 6620G GPU, which runs at 444 MHz, and has 400 shader units. When the units are used for 3D graphics acceleration, the GPU can perform on the same level as discreet video cards. The units can be also used for non-graphics computations. In this case the combined performance of 400 shaders can be up to 30 times higher than performance of 4 CPU cores.

Besides the 4 CPU cores and the graphics unit, the A8-Series A8-3500M integrates Universal Video Decoder (UVD) 3.0 and memory controller. The purpose of the UVD is to accelerate decoding of standard-resolution and high-definition video streams. On-chip DDR3 memory controller has two channels, supporting standard- and low-voltage DDR3 memory with data rates up to 1333 MHz.

To reduce processor's power consumption, the AMD A8-3500M employs several low-power states, and uses a number of low-level techniques, like power gating. Thermal Design Power of this CPU is 35 Watt, which can be considered low, because it also includes the power dissipated by the GPU, memory controller and other chip components. The 3500M is manufactured in a PGA package, compatible with socket FS1.

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AMD A8-3500M specifications

General information
Type	CPU / Microprocessor
Market segment	Mobile
Family	AMD A8-Series for Notebooks
Model number ?	A8-3500M
CPU part number	AM3500DDX43GX is an OEM/tray microprocessor
Frequency ?	1500 MHz
Turbo frequency	2400 MHz
Package	722-pin micro-PGA
Socket	Socket FS1
Introduction date	June 14, 2011

Architecture / Microarchitecture
Microarchitecture	K10
Platform	Sabine
Processor core ?	Llano
Core stepping ?	LN1-B0
CPUID	300F10
Manufacturing process	0.032 micron
Data width	64 bit
The number of cores	4
The number of threads	4
Floating Point Unit	Integrated
Level 1 cache size ?	4 x 64 KB 2-way set associative instruction caches 4 x 64 KB 2-way set associative data caches
Level 2 cache size ?	4 x 1 MB 16-way set associative caches
Multiprocessing	Uniprocessor
Features	MMX instructions 3DNow! technology SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE4a ? AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology ? EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection ? VT / Virtualization technology ? Turbo Core technology

Integrated peripherals / components
Integrated graphics	GPU Type: Radeon HD 6620G Shader cores: 400 Base frequency (MHz): 444
Memory controller	The number of controllers: 1 Memory channels: 2 Supported memory: DDR3-1333, LV DDR3-1333
Other peripherals	PCI Express 2.0 interface

Electrical / Thermal parameters
V core ?	0.9125V - 1.4125V
Maximum operating temperature ?	100°C
Thermal Design Power ?	35 Watt

CPUs, related to AMD A8-3500M

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. Turbo
freq. L2
cache TDP Features

AMD A8-Series for Notebooks family, Socket FS1

   A8-3500M 4 / 4 1.5 GHz 2.4 GHz 4 MB 35 Watt

   A8-3520M 4 / 4 1.6 GHz 2.5 GHz 4 MB 35 Watt

   A8-3510MX 4 / 4 1.8 GHz 2.5 GHz 4 MB 45 Watt

   A8-3530MX 4 / 4 1.9 GHz 2.6 GHz 4 MB 45 Watt

   A8-3550MX 4 / 4 2 GHz 2.7 GHz 4 MB 45 Watt

Other families, K10 micro-architecture, Socket FS1

   E2-3000M 2 / 2 1.8 GHz 2.4 GHz 1 MB 35 Watt

   A4-3305M 2 / 2 1.9 GHz 2.5 GHz 1 MB 35 Watt

   A4-3300M 2 / 2 1.9 GHz 2.5 GHz 2 MB 35 Watt

   A4-3310MX 2 / 2 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz 2 MB 45 Watt

   A4-3320M 2 / 2 2 GHz 2.6 GHz 2 MB 35 Watt

   A4-3330MX 2 / 2 2.2 GHz 2.6 GHz 2 MB 45 Watt

   A6-3400M 4 / 4 1.4 GHz 2.3 GHz 4 MB 35 Watt

   A6-3410MX 4 / 4 1.6 GHz 2.3 GHz 4 MB 45 Watt

   A6-3420M 4 / 4 1.5 GHz 2.4 GHz 4 MB 35 Watt

   A6-3430MX 4 / 4 1.7 GHz 2.4 GHz 4 MB 45 Watt

• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

FAQ

Q: Can I upgrade my AMD A8-3500M CPU?

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News

New AMD A-Series mobile APUs sighted

Sep 07, 2011: Current generation of mobile AMD Accelerated Processing units (APUs) was launched in June of this year. The initial line-up was comprised of 8 dual- and quad-core microprocessors from E2- and A-Series, including 4 models with averaged maximum power 35 Watt. No additional models were released or announced (or sighted) since then. In August, Hewlett Packard updated "Maintenance and Service Guide" for HP Pavilion g7 line of notebooks, and added three new A-Series model numbers, A4-3320M, A6-3420M and A8-3520M.

AMD launches A-Series APUs for Notebooks

Jun 15, 2011: AMD yesterday announced new 2011 AMD Notebook Platform, that includes seven dual-core and quad-core A-Series microprocessors, codenamed "Llano". The new processors are marketed by AMD as Accelerated Processing Units (APU), and, in addition of retaining the full functionality of CPUs from previous generation of mobile AMD "Danube" platform, add extensive video and graphics processing capabilities.

Details of mobile Llano A-Series CPUs surface on AMD website

Jun 12, 2011: In May, we published specifications of forthcoming mobile A-Series microprocessors with integrated graphics, marketed by AMD as Accelerated Processing Units (APU). At the launch, there will be 7 dual- and quad-core SKUs, clocked from 1.5 GHz to 2.1 GHz, and reaching as high as 2.6 GHz in Turbo Core mode. Two days ago "2011 AMD Notebook Platform" page, was updated with information of these models.

Details of AMD Llano mobile CPU lineup

May 25, 2011: Earlier this week DonanimHaber published details of forthcoming AMD mobile "Llano" microprocessors from "Sabine" platform. Based on their information, the mobile line-up will be comprised of four families, targeting different sectors of the mobile market: high-performance A8-Series, mid- to high-performance A6-Series, budget and mid-class A4-Series, and entry-level E2-Series.

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CPUID features of AMD A8-3500M

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Manufacturer:	AMD
CPU Family:	A8-Series for Notebooks
Model Number:	A8-3500M
Frequency:	1497 MHz

Part number:	AM3500DDX43GX
Stepping Code:	DA 1126EPM
Comment:	good OC/UV capability(1,8Ghz@1,0V)
Submitted by:	vinibali

General information
Vendor:	AuthenticAMD
Processor name (BIOS):	AMD A8-3500M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Cores:	4
Logical processors:	4
Processor type:	Original OEM Processor
Core stepping:	LN-B0
CPUID signature:	300F10
Family:	18 (012h)
Model:	1 (01h)
Stepping:	0 (00h)

Cache: L1 data L1 instruction L2

Size: 4 x 64 KB 4 x 64 KB 4 x 1 MB

Associativity: 2-way set
associative 2-way set
associative 16-way set
associative

Line size: 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes

Lines per tag: 1 1 1

Instruction set extensions Additional instructions

MMX Advanced Bit manipulation

AMD extensions to MMX CLFLUSH

3DNow! CMOV

Extensions to 3DNow! CMPXCHG16B

SSE CMPXCHG8B

SSE2 FXSAVE/FXRSTORE

SSE3 MONITOR/MWAIT

SSE4A POPCNT

PREFETCH/PREFETCHW

RDTSCP

SKINIT / STGI support

SYSCALL/SYSRET

SYSENTER/SYSEXIT

Major features Other features

On-chip Floating Point Unit 1 GB large page support

64-bit / Intel 64 100MHz multiplier control

NX bit/XD-bit 128-bit SSE instructions

Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) 36-bit page-size extensions

Turbo Core Advanced programmable interrupt controller

PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet Core multi-processing legacy mode

Debugging extensions

Extended APIC space

Hardware P-state control

Hardware thermal control

Instruction based sampling

LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode

LBR virtualization

LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8

Machine check architecture

Machine check exception

Memory-type range registers

Misaligned SSE mode

Model-specific registers

Nested page tables

OS visible workaround

Page attribute table

Page global extension

Page-size extensions (4MB pages)

Physical address extensions

SVM lock

Software thermal control

Support for NRIP save

THERMTRIP

TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states

Temperature sensor

Time stamp counter

Virtual 8086-mode enhancements

Watchdog timer support

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Last modified: 14 May 2013