AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series Platform The world’s lowest power x86 cloud processor1 just got more efficient The AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series processor — the world’s lowest power processor1 at fewer than 5 watts per core — while designed for challenging workloads still delivers a performance punch. AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series Platform Product Comparison AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series Processor AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor Features Features Benefits Processor Cores 4 and 6 core options 6 and 8 core options 33% increase in core count2 packed with plenty of processing performance in a smaller3, more efficient 8-core design while maintaining the same power/thermal ranges1 Processor Cache L2: 512 K/core L3: 6 MB L2: 2 MB shared by 2 cores L3: 8 MB Twice the L2 cache per core over the previous generation Memory 2 memory channels supporting R/U 2 memory channels supporting ULVDDR3 and LV R/U DDR3 up to 1333MHz DIMM, UDIMM, RDIMM up to 1600MHz 20% faster memory and new 1.25V ULV memory offering; high memory bandwidth Power EE/Std/HE EE/Std/HE HE/Std/SE power options to match workload performance and power requirements HyperTransport™ Technology (HT) 2X HT3 links with peak bandwidth of 6.4 GT/s per link 2X HT3 links with peak bandwidth of 6.4 GT/s per link Helps improve overall system balance and scalability for scale-out computing environments like HPC, database and web serving Performance Up to 6 cores Up to 8 cores, new features include AMD Turbo CORE technology, FMAC, Flex FP and an all new architecture Up to 20% greater throughput4, 33% more cores2; FMAC in the Flex FP help drive more performance by executing FMA4 instructions that execute complex calculations in half the cycles as the competition AMD-P Technology Features include enhanced APML (in APML-enabled platforms), AMD CoolSpeed technology, C1E, LV-DDR3 support, and Link Width Power Cap New power-saving features like C6 Power State and TDP Power Cap along with 1.25 (volt) ULV-DIMM C6 Power State shuts down power to idle cores. TDP Power Cap enables the flexibility to set power limits without capping power frequency. AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™) Technology Features Mainstream availability of extended migration and I/O virtualization Performance enhancements to AMD-V™ technology help drive more efficient processing for robust virtualization workloads AMD-V™ advances virtualization efficiency with new enhancements to AMD-V™ technology. The higher core counts of these products allow customers to run 33% more VMs per server5, optimizing data center rack space and helping minimize management tasks. AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series platform optimized for power efficiencies or economical server solutions Web/Cloud >>Supporting larger use workloads with energy efficiency AMD Confidential — NDA Required Until Launch June 2012 IT Infrastructure >> Power cost efficiency for larger deployment Small Business >>Ideal for SMB customers needing low cost, flexible and turnkey solutions for infrastructure/collaboration Which AMD Opteron™ processor is right for me? AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series Platform Virtualization Web/Cloud IT Infrastructure Scalability and efficiency Large, dense deployments, power sensitive Power and cost efficiency for large deployments HPC Database Email/Collaboration Memory and compute-bound applications Optimized for multi-user applications Handle growing messaging needs AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor Model Numbers Cores 8 6 Model Core Frequency All Core Boost Frequency AMD Turbo CORE Max Frequency TDP6 North Bridge 4284 4280 4276 HE* 4274 HE 4256 EE 4240* 4238 4234 4230 HE* 4228 HE 4226 3.0 GHz 2.8 GHz 2.6 GHz 2.5 GHz 1.6 GHz 3.4 GHz 3.3 GHz 3.1 GHz 2.9 GHz 2.8 GHz 2.7 GHz 3.3 GHz 3.1 GHz 2.9 GHz 2.8 GHz 1.9 GHz 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz 3.3 GHz 3.2 GHz 3.1 GHz 2.9 GHz 3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz 2.8 GHz 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz 3.1 GHz 95W 95W 65W 65W 35W 95W 95W 95W 65W 65W 95W 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0 L2 Cache L3 Cache 4 x 2 MB 8 MB 3 x 2 MB 8 MB *New SKUs available with Speed Bump Launch 2012 1 A s of March 16, 2012 AMD Opteron™ processor Models 4200 EE have the lowest known power per core of any x86 server processor, at 35W TDP (35W/8 = 4.375W/core). Intel’s lowest power per core server processor, Intel Xeon E5-2650L, is 70W TDP (70W/8 = 8.75W/core). See www.intc.com/pricelist.cfm as of 3/16/12. Previous record held by AMD Opteron processor Models 4100 EE at 35W TDP / 6 cores = 5.83 W/core. SVR-58 2 AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series has up to 8 cores per processor. AMD Opteron 2400 Series has up to 6 cores per processor. Specs according to http://www.amd.com/us/products/server/processors/Pages/ model-numbers.aspx#3 as of 4/12/12. SVR-152 3 Based on AMD Opteron 4100 Series processor at 346 mm2 vs. AMD Opteron 4200 Series processor at 316mm2. SVR-46 4 SPEC and SPECint are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. The results reflect results published onhttp://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/ as of 4/12/12. The comparison presented above is based on the best performing two-socket servers using AMD Opteron™ processor Models 4184 and 4284. For the latest SPECint®_rate2006 results, visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/ results/. 285 using 2 x AMD Opteron™ processors Model 4284 in Dell PowerEdge R515 server, 32 GB (4 x 8 GB 2Rx4 PC3-12800R-11, ECC), Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Server release 6.1, Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6. x86_64, C/C++: Version 4.2.5.2 of x86 Open64 Compiler Suite (from AMD), http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2011q4/cpu2006-20111206-19137.html; 237 using 2 x AMD Opteron™ processors Model 4184 in Dell PowerEdge R415 server, 32GB (8 x 4GB DDR3-1333) memory, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 11, x86 Open64 4.2.4 Compiler Suite, http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2010q4/cpu2006-2010092713463.html. SVR-120 5 Based on 8-core AMD Opteron 4200 Series processors at 35W, 65W and 95W TDP compared to 6-core AMD Opteron 4100 Series processors at 35W, 65W and 95W TDP when utilizing the 1 VM per core loading rule. SVR-59 6 Learn more about average CPU power at: www.amd.com/acp. ©2012 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, AMD Virtualization, AMD-V and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Other names are for reference only and may be the trademarks of their respective owners. PID 50342D AMD Confidential — NDA Required Until Launch June 2012