Processor AMD Phenom II X2 521, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor AMD Phenom II X2 521

• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Phenom II
• Generation
  1
• CPU group
  AMD Phenom II - 500
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  --

AMD Phenom II X2 521 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo
• CPU Threads
  2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  Yes
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  --
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  no iGPU
• GPU frequency
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
• Shader
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
• Generation
• DirectX Version
• Technology
• Release date

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066
• Max. Memory
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  2
• PCIe version
• PCIe lanes

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a
• L2-Cache
  --
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Regor (K10)
• Technology
  45 nm
• Socket
  AM3
• Release date
  Q2/2011
• Part Number
  --

Common positions AMD Phenom II X2 521 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
  839 place
• Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
  924 place
• Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
  655 place
• Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  735 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  125 place
• Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  643 place
• Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
  1177 place