The AMD Athlon II X2 260 was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in May 2010. It is part of the Athlon II X2 lineup, using the Regor architecture with Socket AM3. Athlon II X2 260 has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 3.2 GHz. AMD is building the Athlon II X2 260 on a 45 nm production process using 410 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Athlon II X2 260, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 65 W, the Athlon II X2 260 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 system, Athlon II X2 260 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 260, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.