Dell PowerEdge M520 Information Update - AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processors an - Page 2

New System Features With Opteron 6200 Series Processors • The processor frequency drops to 500 MHz when the system is idle to reduce power consumption. • Application Power Management - The Thermal Design Power (TDP) of the processor denotes its power consumption. This feature optimizes system power consumption. • Performance Monitoring Counters - The Northbridge P-States (performance states) allows more users to access the performance monitor counters at the same time. This feature reduces power consumption and optimizes performance within the specified TDP. • Low Voltage Memory Modules (DDR3L DIMMs) - The Opteron 6200 series processors support DDR3L DIMMs at a lower operating voltage of 1.35 V. NOTE: BIOS setup options allow you to control frequency and voltage configurations within allowable limits. New BIOS Setup Options Processor Settings Screen Option Number of Cores per Processor (All default) L2 Cache L3 Cache Core Performance Boost Mode (Enabled default) NOTE: Also known as Turbo CORE. Description Allows you to control the number of enabled cores (up to 16) in each processor. Displays the level 2 cache size (up to 16 MB). Displays the level 3 cache size (up to 16 MB). NOTE: Minimum partition size is 2 MB. In this mode, workloads using a lesser number of cores boost the exercised cores to higher performance states.