AMD Turion II M520
The AMD Turion II M520 is a entry level Dual Core CPU by AMD for laptops with an integrated dual channel DDR2 memory controller (400MHz). The Caspian called core is only partly based on the K10 architecture. Compared to the Turion II Ultra CPUs, the M520 features only 1 MB shared Level 2 cache.
The performance of the Turion M520 should be in most benchmarks comparable to a 2.0 Ghz clocked Celeron Dual-Core T3300 / Pentium Dual Core. In some programs the M520 performs even as fast as a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo.
| Series | AMD Turion II |
| Codename | Caspian |
| Clock Rate | 2300 MHz |
| Front Side Bus | 3600 MHz |
| Level 1 Cache | 128 KB |
| Level 2 Cache | 1024 KB |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 |
| Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) | 35 Watt |
| Manufacturing Technology | 45 nm |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-Pin |
| Features | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Hardware Virtualization | Virtualization |
| Announcement Date | 09/10/2009 |
CPU Benchmarks














| Cinebench R10 in comparison | ||
| Intel Atom Z670 (min) | 691 | |
| ... | ||
| AMD Turion II M500 | 3592 | |
| Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 | 3600 | |
| AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-84 | 3615 | |
| AMD Turion II M520 | 3647.4 | |
| AMD Athlon II P340 | 3647.5 | |
| Intel Core i5 520UM | 3670.3 | |
| AMD Athlon II P360 | 3728 | |
| ... | ||
| Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 3960X (max) | 27189.5 | |
Reviews for the AMD Turion II M520 processor
HP G42-243CL (ATI Radeon HD 4250, 14.0")
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HP Pavilion dv4-2145dx (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 14.1")
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HP Pavilion dv7-3163cl-b (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 17.3")
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HP Pavilion dv7-3164cl (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 17.3")
» HP Pavilion dv7-3164cl - External Review
HP ProBook 6545b (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 15.6")
» HP ProBook 6545b - External Review
Lenovo G555-3B (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550, 15.6")
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Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025 (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 15.6")
» Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025 - External Review
Toshiba Satellite P505D-S8007 (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 18.4")
» Toshiba Satellite P505D-S8007 - External Review
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