The AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in October 2007. It is part of the Athlon 64 X2 lineup, using the Brisbane architecture with Socket AM2. Athlon X2 BE-2300 has 512 KB of L2 cache and operates at 1900 MHz. AMD is making the Athlon X2 BE-2300 on a 65 nm production node using 154 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon X2 BE-2300, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 45 W, the Athlon X2 BE-2300 consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. For communication with other components in the system, Athlon X2 BE-2300 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 BE-2300, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.