AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor Quick Reference Guide

AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor Quick Reference Guide
The world’s lowest power x86 cloud processor1 just got more efficient
AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor
KEY FEATURES
>>New Core Architecture — drives more core density and
greater throughput
>>AMD Turbo CORE Technology — allows processors
to independently boost their clock speeds, scaling
frequency up 300MHz-1.2GHz automatically to respond
to the need for more application performance2
>>C6 Power State — reduces processor power
consumption at active idle by up to 39%3
>>AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™) Technology 2.0 —
heightens virtualization efficiency with new
enhancements to the AMD-V™ suite of virtualization
to optimize data center rack space and help minimize
management tasks
END USER BENEFITS
Designed for enterprise workloads while still delivering a
performance punch
>>A 33% increase in core count packs in plenty of processing
performance into a smaller, more efficient, 8-core design while
maintaining very aggressive power/thermal ranges4,5
>>Power per core that shatters the 5W/core mark, a new record
for an enterprise-class x86 processor1
>>New power management capabilities allow for larger parts of
the processor to be almost completely powered off when not
being used, dramatically reducing idle core power consumption
by up to 39% over the previous generation of processors and
allowing active cores to run at a higher frequency3
>>AMD Turbo CORE technology takes advantage of additional
power headroom to digitally boost all cores simultaneously
by up to 300MHz and can boost up to 1.2GHz when only half
of the cores are active2, allowing applications to finish tasks
quickly and return to lower power states
>>Straight-through computing helps ensure that there are not
bottlenecks or compromises as up to eight threads get their
own dedicated core when workload demands increase with
maximum memory channel and I/O speed (across all SKUs/
price points) helping to ensure that there are no bottlenecks or
feature compromises unlike Intel, who purposely throttles down
capabilities
Delivering new levels of enterprise scalability for demanding
cloud applications and SMB/Infrastructure applications
>>Scale your cloud workload with up to 8 cores in a low power
processor
1 As 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.
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2AMD Opteron 4200 Series processors experience all core boost of up to 300 MHz (P2 base to P1 boost state) and up to 1.2 GHz max turbo boost
(half or fewer cores boost from P2 to P0 boost state). SVR-63
3Based on testing in AMD Performance Labs as of March 2012, an AMD Opteron™ processor model 4174 (6-core 2.3GHz) consumes 6.47W in the
active idle C1E power state while an AMD Opteron™ processor model 4284 (8-core 3.0GHz) consumes only 3.977W in the active idle C1E power
state with new C6 power gating employed. System configuration: “Kruger-P” reference design kit, 32GB (4x 8GB DDR3-1066) memory, Seagate
ST3500413AS SATA disk drive, Microsoft® Windows Server 2008 x64 Enterprise Edition R2 SP1. SVR-62
4Based on AMD Opteron 4100 Series processor at 346 mm2 vs. AMD Opteron 4200 Series processor at 316mm2. SVR-46
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>>Efficiently scales performance/watt based on the innovative
modular design and aggressive power capabilities
>>New power saving features, like TDP Power Cap, put the
customer in control of more aspects of power efficiency than
ever before on AMD Opteron™ processor-based servers
>>Up to 8 cores and more processing throughput6 than the
previous generation helps your cloud easily scale within
the most fluid and spiky processing environments, easily
responding to the elastic needs of clouds
Bringing unparalleled efficiency to your processing, power and
financial budgets
>>The lowest enterprise-class power per core with up to 8 cores
in only 35W of power, shattering the previous record1
>>32nm design and a smaller die4 drive more efficiency at
the processor level to help ensure you are maximizing your
performance per watt per square foot
>>Virtualized infrastructure deployments can enjoy 33% more
VMs in the same power and thermal ranges5 thanks to the
new AMD-V™ virtualization features, allowing small/medium
businesses to grow with their business needs on a single
virtualized platform
>>New instructions make processing technical software
commands more efficient, allowing for more computing per
cycle, which helps drive down processing requirements so that
web/cloud applications can more easily process their workload
and return to lower power states
>>Easy on your budget through both unprecedented value
and low power consumption, helping hold down not only
acquisition costs but also the long-term total cost of ownership
5Based 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
6SPEC 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/cpu2006-20100927-13463.html. SVR-120
AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor Quick Reference Guide
AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor Product Specifications
Model
Number
Core Count
Core
Frequency
All Core Boost
Frequency
AMD Turbo
CORE Max
Frequency
AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor
Product Specifications
L2 Cache
L3 Cache
Cache Sizes
TDP
Total Cache: 16MB (8 core), 14MB (6 core)
L1 Cache: 16KB/core + 64 KB instruction/module
L2 Cache: 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache: 8MB (per socket)
4284
8
3.0 GHz
3.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
4 x 2 MB
8 MB
95W
4280
8
2.8 GHz
3.1 GHz
3.5 GHz
4 x 2 MB
8 MB
95W
Process Technology
32-nanometer SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology
HyperTransport
Technology 3.0
2X HT3 links with peak bandwidth of 6.4 GT/s per link
Memory
Integrated DDR3 memory controller — Up to 51.2 GB/s
memory bandwidth per CPU for Socket C32
™
4276 HE*
8
2.6 GHz
2.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
4 x 2 MB
8 MB
65W
4274 HE
8
2.5 GHz
2.8 GHz
3.5 GHz
4 x 2 MB
8 MB
65W
4256 EE
8
1.6 GHz
1.9 GHz
2.8 GHz
3 x 2 MB
8 MB
35W
4240*
6
3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
3 x 2 MB
8 MB
95W
Number of Channels/
Types of Memory
Dual channel support for U/RDDR3 up to DDR3-1600
and ULV (1.25V) RDDR3 up to DDR3-1333
4238
6
3.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
3.7 GHz
3 x 2 MB
8 MB
95W
Die Size
316 mm2
4234
6
3.1 GHz
3.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
3 x 2 MB
8 MB
95W
Packaging
Socket C32 — 1207 Organic Land Grid Array (OLGA)
4230 HE*
6
2.9 GHz
3.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
3 x 2 MB
8 MB
65W
4228 HE
6
2.8 GHz
3.1 GHz
3.6 GHz
3 x 2 MB
8 MB
65W
4226
6
2.7 GHz
2.9 GHz
3.1 GHz
3 x 2 MB
8 MB
95W
*New SKUs available with Speed Bump Launch 2012
AMD SR5650, SR5670, SR5690 I/O Hub Product Specifications
Model
Number
SR5650
SR5670
SR5690
Processor Interface
HyperTransport™ 3.0
technology (5.2GT/s)
HyperTransport™ 3.0
technology (5.2GT/s)
HyperTransport™ 3.0
technology (5.2GT/s)
PCI
Express®
v2.0
v2.0
v2.0
Number of
PCIe® Ports/
engines
22 lanes/
8 engines
30 lanes/
9 engines
42 lanes/
11 engines
Virtualization
Error Detection/Isolation
AMD-Vi (IOMMU 1.26)
HyperTransport error handling,
PCIe® Advanced Error
Reporting, PCIe® end-to-end
Cycle Redundancy Check
AMD-Vi (IOMMU 1.26)
AMD-Vi (IOMMU 1.26)
AMD SP5100 Southbridge Product
Specifications
Max TDP/
Idle (w/c1e)
12.6W/ 5.4W
HyperTransport error handling,
PCIe® Advanced Error
Reporting, PCIe® end-to-end
Cycle Redundancy Check
15.4W/ 5.75W
HyperTransport error handling,
PCIe® Advanced Error
Reporting, PCIe® end-to-end
Cycle Redundancy Check
18W/6.15W
Process
Technology
TSMC 65nm
TSMC 65nm
TSMC 65nm
Package
29 x 29mm
FCBGA
29 x 29mm
FCBGA
29 x 29mm
FCBGA
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USB Ports
12 USB 2.0 + 2 USB 1.1
PCI Bus Support
PCI rev 2.3
Serial ATA
AHCI 1.1 SATA 3.0Gb/s with
SW RAID Support
SATA Ports
6 (can be independently
disabled)
Max TDP/Idle
4W/1W
Process Technology
TSMC .13um
Package
528 ball FCBGA, 21x21mm,
0.8mm pitch