AMD Phenom II X2 521

The AMD Phenom II X2 521 operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 2.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: No turbo base No turbo all cores.

TDP: 65 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: AM3.

This version includes

2.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR2-1066 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Regor (K10) Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 45 nm

Virtualization AMD-V.

The product was released on Q2/2011.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

AMD Phenom II X2 521

Family:

AMD Phenom II

CPU group:

AMD Phenom II - 500

Predecessor:

Segment:

Desktop / Server

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

3.50 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

No turbo

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Yes

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR2-1066

PCIe version:

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR2-1066

GPU name:

no iGPU

GPU frequency:

GPU (Turbo):

No turbo

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

45 nm

Release date:

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Regor (K10)

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

AMD-V

L3-Cache:

2.00 MB

Release date:

Q2/2011

Socket:

AM3

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

65 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD Athlon X4 845 93 (34%)

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 93 (34%)

Intel Core m3-8100Y 93 (34%)

AMD Phenom II X2 521 92 (33%)

Intel Core m3-6Y30 92 (33%)

Intel Core i5-4210U 92 (33%)

AMD Phenom II X4 970 92 (33%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD Phenom II X3 700e 182 (2%)

Intel Celeron J3455 181 (2%)

Intel Celeron G1620 180 (2%)

AMD Phenom II X2 521 177 (2%)

Intel Celeron G1840T 177 (2%)

Intel Core m3-8100Y 176 (2%)

Intel Core i3-3227U 175 (2%)

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 A10-5700 1892 (27%)

Intel Celeron 3765U 1892 (27%)

Intel Pentium 3825U 1892 (27%)

AMD Phenom II X2 521 1888 (27%)

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 1883 (27%)

AMD Phenom II X4 975 1876 (27%)

AMD A8-5500B 1872 (27%)

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 M-5Y10a 3515 (4%)

Intel Core M-5Y10c 3515 (4%)

AMD A8-5557M 3498 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X2 521 3480 (4%)

AMD A8-3510MX 3450 (4%)

Intel Pentium 4405Y 3446 (4%)

AMD A6-6310 3438 (4%)

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-6300 1.07 (41%)

Intel Core i3-4000M 1.07 (41%)

Intel Core i5-4210U 1.07 (41%)

AMD Phenom II X2 521 1.06 (41%)

AMD FX-8320E 1.06 (41%)

Intel Celeron G1820T 1.06 (41%)

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 1.06 (41%)

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.

AMD Phenom II X3 700e 2.14 (4%)

Intel Celeron G1630 2.09 (4%)

Intel Core M-5Y31 2.09 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X2 521 2.08 (4%)

Intel Celeron J3455 2.08 (4%)

Intel Core i5-4200Y 2.07 (4%)

Intel Core m3-6Y30 2.06 (4%)

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Intel Celeron N4100 2270 (3%)

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Intel Celeron G1610T 2256 (3%)

AMD Phenom II X2 521 2253 (3%)

Intel Pentium N3710 2229 (3%)

Intel Atom x7-Z8750 2229 (3%)

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2223 (3%)