The AMD Athlon II X4 651 was a desktop processor with 4 cores, launched in November 2011. It is part of the Athlon II X4 lineup, using the Llano architecture with Socket FM1. Athlon II X4 651 has 1 MB of L2 cache per core and operates at 3 GHz. AMD is building the Athlon II X4 651 on a 32 nm production process using 1,178 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on Athlon II X4 651, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 100 W, the Athlon II X4 651 consumes a good deal of power, so decent cooling is needed. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. For communication with other components in the system, Athlon II X4 651 uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. This processor does not have integrated graphics, you will need a separate graphics card.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Athlon II X4 651, which greatly improves virtual machine performance.