The AMD Athlon X2 340 was a desktop processor with 2 cores, launched in October 2012. It is part of the Athlon lineup, using the Trinity architecture with Socket FM2. Athlon X2 340 has 1 MB of L2 cache and operates at 3.2 GHz by default, but can boost up to 3.6 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is making the Athlon X2 340 on a 32 nm production node using 1,303 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 X2 340, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 65 W, the Athlon X2 340 consumes typical power levels for a modern PC. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1600 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the computer, Athlon X2 340 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 X2 340, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.