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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.

SeriesAMD Turion II
CodenameCaspian

Series: Turion II Caspian

AMD Turion II M560 compare2.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Turion II M540 compare2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Turion II M520 « 2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Turion II M500 compare2.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock Rate2300 MHz
Front Side Bus3600
Level 1 Cache128 KB
Level 2 Cache1 MB
Number of Cores / Threads2 / 2
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)35 Watt
Manufacturing Technology45 nm
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-Pin
FeaturesMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date09/10/2009

Benchmarks

Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 1930     avg: 1951     median: 1955 (12%)     max: 1970 points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 3185     avg: 3647     median: 3754 (3%)     max: 3800 points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 1063     avg: 1275     median: 1068 (13%)     max: 2109 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 33     avg: 39.3     median: 33.6 (7%)     max: 61 s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 1791     avg: 1844     median: 1839 (4%)     max: 1918 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 34.3     avg: 35.1     median: 35.2 (8%)     max: 36 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 79     avg: 82     median: 80.9 (3%)     max: 87 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 1825     avg: 1863     median: 1879 (8%)     max: 1885 s
PCMark 05 - PCMark 05 - Standard
min: 4078     avg: 4406     median: 4405.5 (9%)     max: 4733 Points
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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Reviews for the AMD Turion II M520 processor

HP G42-243CL: ATI Radeon HD 4250, 14.00", 2.2 kg
  External Review » HP G42-243CL

Lenovo G555-3B: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550, 15.60", 2.7 kg
  External Review » Lenovo G555-3B

HP Pavilion dv7-3164cl: ATI Radeon HD 4200, 17.30", 3.2 kg
  External Review » HP Pavilion dv7-3164cl

HP Pavilion dv4-2145dx: ATI Radeon HD 4200, 14.10", 2.5 kg
  External Review » HP Pavilion dv4-2145dx

Toshiba Satellite P505D-S8007: ATI Radeon HD 4200, 18.40", 4 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satellite P505D-S8007

Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025: ATI Radeon HD 4200, 15.60", 2.6 kg
  External Review » Toshiba Satellite L505D-ES5025

HP Pavilion dv7-3163cl-b: ATI Radeon HD 4200, 17.30", 3.3 kg
  External Review » HP Pavilion dv7-3163cl-b

HP ProBook 6545b: ATI Radeon HD 4200, 15.60", 2.7 kg
  External Review » HP ProBook 6545b

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Other CPUs of the series Turion II

» AMD Turion II N570
   2x 2.7 GHz
» AMD Turion II N550
   2x 2.6 GHz
» AMD Turion II P560
   2x 2.5 GHz
» AMD Turion II N530
   2x 2.5 GHz
» AMD Turion II M560
   2x 2.5 GHz
» AMD Turion II P540
   2x 2.4 GHz
» AMD Turion II M540
   2x 2.4 GHz
» AMD Turion II P520
   2x 2.3 GHz
» AMD Turion II M520
   2x 2.3 GHz
» AMD Turion II M500
   2x 2.2 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core 2 Duo T7200
   2x 2 GHz
+ Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
   2x 2 GHz
+ Intel Core 2 Duo T7250
   2x 2 GHz
+ AMD Athlon II N330
   2x 2.3 GHz
+ AMD Athlon II P360
   2x 2.3 GHz
» AMD Turion II M520
   2x 2.3 GHz
- AMD Athlon II M360
   2x 2.3 GHz
- Intel Core 2 Duo T5750
   2x 2 GHz
- Intel Core i7-620UM
   2x 1.06 GHz - 2.13 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-09- 5)