Is there any advantage to using pow(x,2) instead of x*x, with x double?

is there any advantage to using this code

double x;
double square = pow(x,2);

instead of this?

double x;
double square = x*x;

I prefer x*x and looking at my implementation (Microsoft) I find no advantages in pow because x*x is simpler than pow for the particular square case.

Is there any particular case where pow is superior?