The AMD Athlon II X2 240e was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in October 2009. It is part of the Athlon II X2 lineup, using the Regor architecture with Socket AM3. Athlon II X2 240e has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 2.8 GHz. AMD is making the Athlon II X2 240e on a 45 nm production node using 410 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon II X2 240e, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 45 W, the Athlon II X2 240e consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. For communication with other components in the machine, Athlon II X2 240e 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 240e, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.