The AMD Opteron 4310 EE was a server/workstation processor with 4 cores, launched in December 2012, at an MSRP of $415. It is part of the Opteron lineup, using the Seoul architecture with Socket C32. To further increase overall system performance, up to two Opteron 4310 EE CPUs can link up in a multi-processor (SMP) configuration. Opteron 4310 EE has 8 MB of L3 cache and operates at 2.2 GHz by default, but can boost up to 3 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is building the Opteron 4310 EE on a 32 nm production process using 1,200 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on Opteron 4310 EE, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 35 W, the Opteron 4310 EE consumes only little energy. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1600 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. ECC memory is supported, too, which is an important capability for mission-critical systems, to avoid data corruption. For communication with other components in the machine, Opteron 4310 EE uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although neither the processor nor its chipsets support integrated graphics, certain motherboards include dedicated graphics chipset that can provide some basic display output functionality.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Opteron 4310 EE, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) will run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.