HP ProLiant BL660c AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x - Page 2

Introduction Our HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers use multi-core AMD Opteron™ and Intel® Xeon® x86 processors. We use AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processor technologies as building blocks to construct balanced server architectures, which deliver the highest price/performance and value for your business. In this technology brief, we use the designations "1P" for single-processor, "2P" for dual-processor, and "MP" for multi-processor servers with two or four processor sockets. For more information about HP ProLiant servers, visit www.hp.com/servers/technology. Processor naming conventions AMD Opteron processors AMD Opteron processors have four-digit model numbers in the form ZYXX. The first digit (Z) describes the product series. (The 2000 series includes 1P and 2P servers; the 6000 series contains highperformance 2P and 4P servers.) The second digit (Y) describes the processor's generation. For example, 61XX describes the 1st generation of the 6000 series. Select HP ProLiant G7 servers use AMD Opteron 6100 series processors. The last two digits (XX) indicate a change in product features. The digits do not indicate performance. An AMD Opteron processor with a non-standard power level will include these suffixes: HE, for a lowpower AMD Opteron processor, and SE for a high-power (performance optimized) AMD Opteron processor. AMD provides a quick reference guide detailing each processor part number by the following:  Manufacturing process  Revision (stepping)  Clock speed  HyperTransport frequency  Average CPU power  Socket type You can find the AMD guide at www.amd.com/us/products/server/processors/6000-seriesplatform/pages/6000-series-model-number-methodology.aspx. Intel Xeon processors Xeon processors have four-digit model numbers (see Table 1). Intel calls the last three digits the processor series numbers. They define such features as number of cores architecture, cache, and technologies. Processor numbers do not signify performance. Table 1. Platforms associated with Intel Xeon processor sequences Processor sequence Intel Xeon processor 3000 sequence Intel Xeon processor 5000 sequence Intel Xeon processor 7000 sequence Platform Single-processor servers Two-processor high-volume servers and workstations Enterprise servers with 4 to 32 processors 2