AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series platform optimized for power efficiencies or economical server solutions

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 count packed with plenty of processing performance in a smaller2, more efficient3 8-core design while maintaining the same power/thermal ranges

Processor Cache L2: 512 K/coreL3: 6 MB

L2: 2 MB shared by 2 coresL3: 8 MB Twice the L2 cache per core over the previous generation

Memory 2 memory channels supporting R/U DDR3 and LV R/U DDR3 up to 1333MHz

2 memory channels supporting ULV-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 (between CPUs)Up to 25.6 GB/s per link @ 6.4 GT/s

2X HT3 Links (between CPUs)Up to 25.6 GB/s per link @ 6.4 GT/s

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 expected, 33% more cores5; 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 server6, optimizing data center rack space and helping minimize management tasks.

AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series PlatformThe world’s lowest power x86 cloud processor1 just got more efficient The AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series processor — the world’s lowest power processor1,3 at fewer than 5 watts per core — while designed for challenging workloads still delivers a performance punch.

Web/Cloud > Supporting larger use workloads with energy efficiency

IT Infrastructure > Power cost efficiency for larger deployment

Small Business > Ideal for SMB customers needing low cost, flexible and turnkey solutions for infrastructure/collaboration

Virtualization

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1 As of April 13, 2011, AMD Opteron™ processor Models 4200 EE has the lowest known power per core of any x86 server processor, at 35W TDP (35W TDP (35W/8 = 4.375/core). Intel’s lowest power per core server processor, L5630, is 40W TDP (40W/4= 10W/core). See http://www.intel.com/’Assets/PDF/prodbrief/323501.pdf. Previous record held by AMD Opteron™ processor Models 4100 EE at 35W TDP / 6 cores = 5.83 W/core

2 Based on 316mm silicon die area of AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series processor versus 346mm die size for AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processor3 Based on 8-core AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series processors compared to 6-core AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processors. AMD Opteron™ processor Models 4200 EE have a lower TDP/core

(35W/8 = 4.375W/core) than AMD Opteron™ processor Models 4100 EE (35W/6 = 5.83)4 Based on AMD internal engineering performance estimates comparing top bin 6-core AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processor with top bin 8-core AMD OpteronTM 4200 Series processor 5 Based on 8-core AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series processor compared to 6-core AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processor6 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 “1VM per core” loading rule7 Learn more about average CPU power at: www.amd.com/acp

AMD Opteron™ 4200 Series Processor Model Numbers

Cores Model Core Frequency All Core Boost Frequency

AMD Turbo CORE Max Frequency

North Bridge TDP7 L2 Cache L3 Cache

8

4284 3.0 GHz 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz 2.2 GHz 95W

4 x 2 MB 8 MB4280 2.8 GHz 3.1 GHz 3.5 GHz 2.2 GHz 95W

4274 HE 2.5 GHz 2.8 GHz 3.5 GHz 2.0 GHz 65W

4256 EE 1.6 GHz 1.9 GHz 2.8 GHz 1.6 GHz 35W

6

4238 3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz 2.2 GHz 95W

3 x 2 MB 8 MB4234 3.1 GHz 3.3 GHz 3.5 GHz 2.2 GHz 95W

4228 HE 2.8 GHz 3.1 GHz 3.6 GHz 2.0 GHz 65W

4226 2.7 GHz 2.9 GHz 3.1 GHz 2.0 GHz 95W

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AMD Opteron™ 4000 Series Platform

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