AMD Launches the AMD Opteron X-Series Family
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<b>AMD Launches the AMD Opteron
X-Series Family: the Industry’s Highest Performance Small Core x86 Server
Processors </b>
<i>Twice the Performance and More Power-Efficient than the Top Performing
Intel® AtomT Processor</i>
<i>
</i><b>SUNNYVALE, Calif. -5/29/2013 </b>
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled a new family of low power server processors:
the AMD OpteronT X-Series optimized for scale-out server architectures. The
first AMD Opteron X-Series processors,
formerly known as ”Kyoto,” are the highest density, most power-efficient small
core x86 processors ever built1. The new X1150 and X2150 processors
beat the top performing Intel Atom processor on key performance benchmarks2,
including single thread and throughput performance with superior
power-efficiency, twice the cores and L2 cache with a more advanced pipeline
architecture, higher integration and support for up to 32 gigabytes of DRAM-4x
more than the Intel Atom processor.
The AMD Opteron X-Series processors come in two variants. The AMD
Opteron X2150, which consumes as little as 11 watts, is the first server APU
system-on-a-chip integrating CPU and GPU engines with a high-speed bus on a
single die. This enables customers to take advantage of leading-edge AMD
RadeonT HD 8000 graphics technology for multimedia-oriented server
workloads. The AMD Opteron X1150, which consumes as little as 9 watts, is
a CPU-only version optimized for general scale-out workloads.
”The data center is at an inflection point and requires a high number of
cores in a dense form factor with integrated graphics, massive amounts of DRAM
and unprecedented power efficiency to keep up with the pace of innovation of
Internet services,” said Andrew Feldman, corporate vice president and general
manager, Server Business Unit at AMD. ”AMD has a proud history of server
innovation, and the AMD Opteron X-Series processors challenge the status quo by
providing unmatched capabilities to drive the most energy-efficient servers in
the industry.”
The AMD Opteron X-Series processors are now the world’s premier small-core
x86 APUs and CPUs, ideal for next-generation scale-out web and cloud
applications ranging from big data analytics to image processing, multimedia
content delivery, and hosting.
”Fundamental changes in computing architectures are required to support
space, power and cost demands organizations need to deliver compelling, new
infrastructure economics,” said Paul Santeler, vice president and general
manager, Hyperscale Server business segment, HP. ”The new x86 AMD Opteron
X-Series processors integrated into future <a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/products/moonshot/index.aspx">HP
Moonshot</a> servers will continue to push the boundaries of power efficiency for
social, mobile, cloud and big data workloads.”
The AMD Opteron X-Series versus Intel Atom S1260
<table>
<tbody><tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
AMD OpteronT X-Series
</td>
<td>
Intel Atom S1260
</td>
<td>
AMD Advantage
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
x86 CPU Cores
</td>
<td>
4
</td>
<td>
2
</td>
<td>
2X
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
GPU Cores
</td>
<td>
128 AMD RadeonT HD 8000 Cores
</td>
<td>
None
</td>
<td>
AMD Only
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Max. DRAM Per Socket
</td>
<td>
32 GB*
</td>
<td>
8 GB
</td>
<td>
4X
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Max. DRAM Speed
</td>
<td>
DDR3-1600
</td>
<td>
DDR3-1333
</td>
<td>
1.2X
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
L2 Cache
</td>
<td>
2 MB
</td>
<td>
1 MB
</td>
<td>
2X
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Throughput Performance
</td>
<td>
28.9 @ 2 GHz (CPU)
(est.)2
</td>
<td>
13.0 @ 2 GHz
</td>
<td>
2.2X
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Single Thread Performance
</td>
<td>
10.0 @ 2 GHz (CPU)
(est.)2
</td>
<td>
5.2 @ 2 GHz
</td>
<td>
1.9X
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Integrated SATA Ports
</td>
<td>
Yes
</td>
<td>
No
</td>
<td>
AMD Only
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>Key Facts, Performance and Technical Detail </b>
CPU
- 4 ”Jaguar” 64-bit x86 cores
Frequency:
- X1150 CPU – up to 2 GHz
- X2150 APU – up to 1.9 GHz
Power
Consumption:
- X1150 – as low as 9 Watts
- X2150 – as low as 11 Watts
Graphics (X2150
APU only)
- 128 AMD RadeonT HD 8000 cores
- Graphics Core Next Architecture
- Video encode/decode offload
- Video compression offload
Memory
Interface:
- 64-bit
DDR3 with ECC (up to 1600 MHz) - Up to
32 GBytes of DRAM (SODIMM & UDIMM)
Integrated I/O:
- PCI-e® Gen 2 – 8 lanes
- USB 2.0 – 8 ports
- USB 3.0 – 2 ports
- Video Interfaces – DisplayPort,
VGA, HDMI® - Serial-ATA2/3 – 2 ports
Package
- 24.5mm x 24.5mm FT3 BGA
<table>
<tbody><tr>
<td>
Model
</td>
<td>
CPU Cores
</td>
<td>
CPU Configurable Frequency
</td>
<td>
GPU Cores
</td>
<td>
GPU Configurable Frequency
</td>
<td>
TDP Range
</td>
<td>
1KU Pricing
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
X1150
</td>
<td>
4
</td>
<td>
Up to 2.0GHz
</td>
<td>
N/A
</td>
<td>
N/A
</td>
<td>
9 – 17W
</td>
<td>
$64
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
X2150
</td>
<td>
4
</td>
<td>
Up to 1.9GHz
</td>
<td>
128
</td>
<td>
266 to 600MHz
</td>
<td>
11 – 22W
</td>
<td>
$99
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
The AMD Opteron X2150 APU and X1150 CPU are generally available now for a
cost of $99 and $64, respectively, in 1K quantities. More information can
be found on AMD’s web site.
Notes:
<ol>
on AMD’s small core OpteronT processor Model X1150 vs. Intel® AtomT Model
S1260, Intel’s highest performance small core processor. Highest density
based on cores/rack. Since Opteron X-Series has double the number of
cores of Intel Atom S1200 series, it has the double the density among
small core x86 processors. Most power efficient small core x86
processor as measured by SPECint®_rate_base2006 estimates divided by TDP.
and SPECint are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation. The comparison presented reflects competing AMD
and Intel 2.0GHz processors. Throughput performance estimates are based on
SPECint®_rate_base2006 results using all four threads of each
processor. Single thread performance estimates are based on
SPECint®_rate_base2006 results using one thread of each processor.
The results stated are estimates based on measurements in AMD labs as of
May 2, 2013. For the latest SPECint®_rate_base2006 results, visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/.
Configuration information: 1 x AMD OpteronT processor Model X1150 in
”Olive Hill” Reference platform server, 8GB (2 x 4GB DDR3-1600) memory,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Server Release 6.3 x86_64 OS, GCC 4.7.2
Compiler. 1 x Intel Xeon processor Model S1260 in Supermicro 5017A-EF
server, 8GB (2 x 4GB DDR3-1333) memory, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®
Server Release 6.3 x86_64 OS, GCC 4.7.2 Compiler.
</ol>
*Based on the capability of the Kyoto memory controller and expected 16GB
DIMM availability.
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