AMD Opteron 43CX EE vs AMD Opteron 43GK HE

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 43CX EE and AMD Opteron 43GK HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

AMD Opteron 43CX EE

AMD Opteron 43GK HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 43CX EE

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 43GK HE

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
Around 18% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB vs 192 KB
L2 cache	8192 KB vs 4096 KB

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 43CX EE	AMD Opteron 43GK HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Seoul	Seoul
Launch date	n/d	n/d
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	315 mm	315 mm
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	8192 KB
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Transistor count	1200 million	1200 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Sockets supported	C32	C32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)