The AMD Athlon II X2 280 is a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in February 2013. It is part of the Athlon II X2 lineup, using the Regor architecture with Socket AM3. Athlon II X2 280 has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 3.6 GHz. AMD is building the Athlon II X2 280 on a 45 nm production process using 410 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon II X2 280, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 65 W, the Athlon II X2 280 consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR2 and DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. For communication with other components in the system, Athlon II X2 280 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.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Athlon II X2 280, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.