AMD Phenom II X2 521 - HDX521OCK23GM

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AMD Phenom II X2 521 specifications

General information
Type	CPU / Microprocessor
Market segment	Desktop
Family	AMD Phenom II X2
Model number ?	521
CPU part number	HDX521OCK23GM is an OEM/tray microprocessor
Stepping code	WAEKC AE
Frequency ?	3500 MHz
Bus speed ?	667 MHz Memory controller One 2000 MHz 16-bit HyperTransport link
Clock multiplier ?	17.5
Package	938-pin organic micro-PGA
Sockets	Socket AM2+ Socket AM3
Weight	1.4oz / 39.1g
Introduction date	2nd quarter 2011

Architecture / Microarchitecture
Microarchitecture	K10
Platform	Dragon
Processor core ?	Regor
Core stepping ?	DA-C3
CPUID	100F63
Manufacturing process	0.045 micron SOI
Die size	258mm²
Data width	64 bit
The number of cores	2
The number of threads	2
Floating Point Unit	Integrated
Level 1 cache size ?	2 x 64 KB instruction caches 2 x 64 KB data caches
Level 2 cache size ?	2 x 1 MB caches
Level 3 cache size	None
Multiprocessing	Uniprocessor
Features	MMX instructions 3DNow! technology SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE4a ? ABM / Advanced Bit Manipulation ? AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology ? AMD-V / AMD Virtualization technology EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection ?
Low power features	Cool'n'Quiet 3.0 CoolCore Technology ? Dual Dynamic Power Management ? Core C1 and C1E states Package S0, S1, S3, S4 and S5 states
On-chip peripherals	Integrated dual-channel 144-bit DDR2/DDR3 Memory Controller HyperTransport 3 technology

Electrical / Thermal parameters
Thermal Design Power ?	65 Watt

CPUs, related to AMD Phenom II X2 521

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. L2
cache L3
cache TDP Features Price

AMD Phenom II X2 family, Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3

   Phenom II X2 B53 2 / 2 2.8 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt

   Phenom II X2 545 (rev. C2) 2 / 2 3 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 94.3 Watt

   Phenom II X2 545 (rev. C3) 2 / 2 3 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt

   Phenom II X2 B55 2 / 2 3 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt

   Phenom II X2 550 (rev. C3) 2 / 2 3.1 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt

   Phenom II X2 550 BE (rev. C2) 2 / 2 3.1 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 94 Watt Unlock

   Phenom II X2 B57 2 / 2 3.2 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt

   Phenom II X2 555 BE (rev. C3) 2 / 2 3.2 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt Unlock $84

   Phenom II X2 511 2 / 2 3.4 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Phenom II X2 560 BE 2 / 2 3.3 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt Unlock $89

   Phenom II X2 521 2 / 2 3.5 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt

   Phenom II X2 B59 2 / 2 3.4 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt

   Phenom II X2 565 BE 2 / 2 3.4 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt Unlock $101

   Phenom II X2 B60 2 / 2 3.5 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt

   Phenom II X2 570 BE 2 / 2 3.5 GHz 1 MB 6 MB 80 Watt Unlock

Other families, K10 micro-architecture, Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3

   Athlon II 170u 1 / 1 2 GHz 1 MB 20 Watt

   Sempron 150 1 / 1 2.9 GHz 1 MB 45 Watt

   Athlon X2 5200+ (0.045 micron) 2 / 2 2.3 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt

   Sempron X2 190 2 / 2 2.5 GHz 1 MB 45 Watt

   Athlon II X2 280 2 / 2 3.6 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt $49

   Phenom II X3 B77 3 / 3 3.2 GHz 1.5 MB 6 MB 95 Watt

   Athlon II X3 460 3 / 3 3.4 GHz 1.5 MB 95 Watt $69

   Athlon II X4 650 4 / 4 3.2 GHz 2 MB 95 Watt

   Phenom II X4 980 4 / 4 3.7 GHz 2 MB 6 MB 125 Watt Unlock $163

• Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Phenom II X2 521

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

• The 'Price' column shows official AMD prices as of Apr 29, 2013. Prices for obsolete and tray-only processors are not provided.

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

• Features abbreviations:

Unlock - Unlocked multiplier

FAQ

Q: I have an AMD Phenom II X2 521 microprocessor. Is it possible to upgrade it?

A: Probably yes. CPU compatibility is determined by your motherboard. Please check CPU-Upgrade.com website for CPU support list for your board.

AMD Phenom II X2 521 Overclocking

Sorry, overclocking information is not available at this time.

Pictures (3)



2011-07-12 13:43:19 Posted by: gshv
CPU-Z screenshot


2011-09-03 15:31:53 Posted by: gshv
Bottom view

Phenom II X2 521 CPU pictures
2011-09-03 15:33:05 Posted by: gshv
Top view. Stepping code is WAEKC AE. The processor was manufactured in the first half of January 2011.

News

AMD Phenom II X2 521: yet another re-branded Athlon II CPU

Jun 17, 2011: In January, AMD released two Phenom II microprocessors, that were in fact top of the line Athlon II models, re-branded as Phenoms. One of them, Phenom II 840, was announced at the beginning of January, and that CPU had exactly the same specifications as never released quad-core Athlon II 650. Another Phenom II part, OEM-only dual-core 511, was sighted in HP Pavilion Slimline s5700 desktop PC. The specs of this processor were identical to Athlon II X2 270, that was not launched at that time. In the past couple of weeks, we acquired new Phenom II chip with part number HDX521OCK23GM. In the meantime, our site visitor "dnlbntl" discovered new Phenom II 521 model in HP Pavilion p7z desktop desktop PC, and commented on it on our Athlon II 275 CPU page.

Benchmarks

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AMD Phenom II X2 521 benchmarks

The graphs below show up to 10 processors with aproximately the same level of performance in different types of applications. All processors were tested at nominal frequency (not overclocked), with stock heatsink and default BIOS settings. To see how the Phenom II X2 521 compares to other CPUs please see benchmark tools section above.

Benchmarked processor

CPU ID: 100F63

CPU vendor string: AuthenticAMD

CPU name string: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 521 Processor

Integer performance

Part number Result

Intel Core i3-520 ?

107.5%

AMD Phenom II X3 705e ?

107.4%

AMD Athlon II X3 415e ?

107.2%

Intel Core i3-2100T ?

105.8%

AMD Phenom II X3 700e ?

103.1%

AMD Phenom II X2 521 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X3 405e (rev. C2) ?

98.9%

AMD Athlon II X3 405e (rev. C3) ?

98.8%

AMD Athlon II X2 270 ?

97.3%

AMD Phenom II X2 511 ?

97.2%

AMD Athlon II X3 400e ?

94.6%

Floating Point performance

Part number Result

AMD Athlon II X3 420e ?

111.2%

AMD Phenom II X3 710 ?

111.2%

AMD Athlon II X3 415e ?

106.9%

AMD Phenom II X3 705e ?

106.5%

AMD Phenom II X3 700e ?

102.8%

AMD Phenom II X2 521 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X3 405e (rev. C3) ?

98.4%

AMD Athlon II X3 405e (rev. C2) ?

98.2%

AMD Athlon II X2 270 ?

97.1%

AMD Phenom II X2 511 ?

96.7%

AMD Athlon II X3 400e ?

94.2%

MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance

Part number Result

AMD Athlon II X3 2.7 GHz ZD271117K3216 ?

106.1%

AMD Athlon II X3 425 ?

106%

AMD Phenom II X3 710 ?

103.1%

AMD Athlon II X3 2.6 GHz ZD260121K3216 ?

102.2%

AMD Athlon II X3 420e ?

102.2%

AMD Phenom II X2 521 ?

100%

AMD Phenom II X3 705e ?

99.1%

AMD Athlon II X3 415e ?

98.3%

AMD Athlon II X2 270 ?

97.1%

AMD Phenom II X2 511 ?

97.1%

AMD Phenom II X3 700e ?

95.3%

Memory-intensive program performance

Part number Result

AMD Athlon II X3 460 ?

102.4%

AMD Athlon II X3 455 ?

101.8%

AMD Athlon II X4 630 (rev. C3) ?

101.7%

AMD Athlon II X4 630 (rev. C2) ?

101.3%

AMD Athlon II X3 450 ?

100.6%

AMD Phenom II X2 521 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X3 445 ?

99%

AMD Athlon II X2 270 ?

98.4%

AMD Athlon II X3 440 (rev. C3) ?

98.4%

AMD Athlon II X3 440 (rev. C2) ?

97.8%

AMD Phenom II X2 511 ?

97.8%

CPU ID (2)

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CPUID features of Phenom II X2 521

NOTE: The CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the AMD Phenom II X2 521 CPU.

Manufacturer:	AMD
CPU Family:	Phenom II X2
Model Number:	521
Frequency:	3492 MHz

Part number:	HDX521OCK23GM
Stepping Code:	WAEKC AE 1102GPM
Comment:
Submitted by:	CPU-World

General information
Vendor:	AuthenticAMD
Processor name (BIOS):	AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 521 Processor
Cores:	2
Logical processors:	2
Processor type:	Original OEM Processor
Core stepping:	DA-C3
CPUID signature:	100F63
Family:	16 (010h)
Model:	6 (06h)
Stepping:	3 (03h)

Cache: L1 data L1 instruction L2

Size: 2 x 64 KB 2 x 64 KB 2 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

PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet Advanced programmable interrupt controller

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