The AMD Athlon X2 5050e was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in October 2008. It is part of the Athlon 64 X2 lineup, using the Brisbane architecture with Socket AM2. Athlon X2 5050e has 512 KB of L2 cache and operates at 2.6 GHz. AMD is making the Athlon X2 5050e on a 65 nm production node using 154 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon X2 5050e, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 45 W, the Athlon X2 5050e consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. For communication with other components in the system, Athlon X2 5050e uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although the processor doesn't come with integrated graphics, certain motherboards with compatible chipsets can provide this capability.
The SSE4 instruction set is not supported, which can cause problems with modern games, as they require that capability. Hardware virtualization is available on the Athlon X2 5050e, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.