Product Brief

1st and 2nd Generation

AMD Embedded G-Series
System-on-Chip (SOC)
The embedded evolution continues with x86
CPU, integrated discrete-class GPU and i/o
controller on the same die.

Product Overview Enabling Low-Power, Innovative Small Form

Factor Designs
The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform is a high-performance,
low-power System-on-Chip (SOC) design, featured with enterprise- The AMD G-Series SOC is a small-footprint and low-power solution
class error-correction code (ECC) memory support, dual and quad- that reduces overall system costs.
core variants, integrated discrete-class GPU, and I/O controller on
the same die. • T
 he SOC design offers 33% footprint reduction compared to AMD
G-Series APU two-chip platform,6 simplifying design with fewer
The AMD G-Series SOC achieves superior performance per watt in the board layers and simplified power supply.
low-power x86 microprocessor class of products when running multiple
industry-standard benchmarks.1 This helps enable the delivery of an • AMD G-Series SOC enables fan-less design that further helps drive
exceptional HD multimedia experience and provides a heterogeneous down system cost and enhance system reliability by eliminating
computing platform for parallel processing. The small-footprint, ECC- moving parts.
capable SOC sets the new foundation for a power-efficient platform • W
 ith an array of performance options and universal pin
for content-rich multimedia processing and workload processing that compatibility across the AMD G-Series SOC portfolio, the AMD
is well suited for a broad variety of embedded applications. G-Series SOC platform allows OEMs to utilize a single board
design to enable solutions from entry-level to high-end.
Superior Performance Per Watt • T
 he SOC design enables new levels of performance in small
SBC (single board computer) and COMs (computer-on-modules)
The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform delivers an exceptionally form factors.
high-definition visual experience and the ability to take advantage of • A
 MD G-Series SOCs support Thermal Design Profiles (TDPs) from
heterogeneous computing while maintaining a low-power design. 5W to 25W and offer dynamically configurable TDP capabilities.
• A
 MD G-Series SOC’s 1st generation “Jaguar”-based CPU offers
113% improved CPU performance vs. AMD G-Series APU and
greater than a 2x (125%) advantage vs. Intel Atom when Optimizing Business Value
running multiple industry-standard compute-
intensive benchmarks.2 The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform brings performance
• 1 st Generation AMD G-Series SOC's advanced GPU, supporting and efficiency with desirable features, delivering lower TCO and
DirectX® 11.1, OpenGL 4.2, and OpenCL™ 1.23, enables parallel higher ROI.
processing and high-performance graphics processing that • S
 upporting ECC memory and providing a dedicated Platform
provides up to 20% improvement vs. AMD G-Series APU and Security Processor (PSP) compatible with ARM® TrustZone,
a 5x (430%) advantage vs. Intel Atom when running multiple AMD G-Series SOC platforms will help to penetrate markets
industry-standard graphics-intensive benchmarks.4 previously inaccessible to x86 products in these power envelopes,
• 1 st Generation AMD G-Series SOC's advanced GPU vs. AMD G-Series at this price point.
APU and over 3x (218%) the overall performance advantage vs. Intel • T
 he AMD G-Series SOC helps achieve higher system quality,
Atom in embedded applications when running multiple industry- reliability, and energy efficiency, which contribute to overall
standard compute- and graphics-intensive benchmarks.5 lower TCO.
• M
 ultiple performance levels offer upgrade paths to protect
software and hardware ecosystem costs.
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Product Brief: AMD Embedded G-Series System-on-Chip (SOC)

• A
 MD’s commitment to long-term availability and support • 1 st Generation – 33% more performance per dollar than
(5-10 years) maximizes ROI.7 competing Intel solutions – for cost-optimized storage
controllers and Network Attached Storage systems.8
• T
 he AMD G-Series SOC platform is well suited for low-power and
high-performance designs in a broad range of markets, including
Industrial Control & Automation, Digital Signage, Thin Client,
and Electronic Gaming Machines.

OPERATING
MODEL SHARED L2 CPU GPU DDR
OPN NO. OF CORES TDP GPU CUS TEMP RANGE
NUMBER CACHE FREQUENCY FREQUENCY FREQUENCY
TJ °C

1st Generation G-Series SOCs

GX-210UA GE210UIGJ23HM 2 8.50W 1MB 1.0GHZ N/A N/A 1333 0-90°C

GX-416RA GE416RIBJ44HM 4 15.00W 2MB 1.6GHZ N/A N/A 1600 0-90°C

GX-209HA GE209HISJ23HM 2 9.00W 1MB 1.0GHZ 2 225 1066 -40-105°C

GX-210HA GE210HICJ23HM 2 9.00W 1MB 1.0GHZ 2 300 1333 0-90°C

GX-210JA GE210JIHJ23HM 2 6.00W 1MB 1.0GHZ 2 225 1066 0-90°C

GX-217GA GE217GIBJ23HM 2 15.00W 1MB 1.65GHZ 2 450 1600 0-90°C

GX-411GA GE411GIRJ44HM 4 15.00W 2MB 1.1GHZ 2 300 1066 -40-105°C

GX-415GA GE415GIBJ44HM 4 15.00 2MB 1.5GHZ 2 500 1600 0-90°C

GX-420CA GE420CIAJ44HM 4 25.00 2MB 2.0GHZ 2 600 1600 0-90°C

2nd Generation G-Series SOCs

655MHz/
GX-424CC GE424HIYJ44JB 4 25W 2MB 2.4GHz 2CU DDR3-1866 0-90°C
800MHz

GX-420MC GE420MIXJ44JB 4 17.5W 2MB 2.0GHz N/A N/A DDR-1600 0-90°C

1.0GHz/
GX-412TC GE412TIYJ44JB 4 6W 2MB N/A N/A DDR-1333 0-90°C
1.4GHz
1.2GHz/ 267MHz/
GX-412HC GE412HIYJ44JB 4 7W 2MB 2CU DDR3-1333 0-90°C
1.6GHz 350MHz

GX-410VC GE410VIZJ44JB 4 7W 2MB 1.0GHz N/A N/A DDR3-1066 -40-105°C

GX-224PC GE224PIXJ23JB 2 25W 1MB 2.4GHz N/A N/A DDR3-1866 0-90°C

2.2GHz/ 655MHz/
GX-222GC GE222GITJ23JB 2 15W 1MB 2CU DDR3-1600 0-90°C
2.4GHz 800MHz

GX-216HC GE216HHBJ23JB 2 10W 1MB 1.6GHz 2CU 300MHz DDR3-1066 -40-105°C

1.2GHz/ 267MHz/
GX-212JC GE212JIYJ23JB 2 6W 1MB 2CU DDR3-1333 0-90°C
1.4GHz 300MHz

GX-210JC GE210JIZJ23JB 2 7W 1MB 1.0Ghz 2CU 267Mhz DDR3-1066 -40-105°C

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Product Brief: AMD Embedded G-Series System-on-Chip (SOC)

DVI-I/HDMI™ and/or DP 1st-generation APU SOC design

• Integrates Controller Hub functional block as
well as CPU+GPU+NB
CPU 3
PCIe 1x4 • 28nm process technology, FT3, and FT3b
Memory
PCIe x1 BGA packages, 24.5mm x 24.5mm
DirectX® 11 GPU • Dual- or Quad-“Jaguar” or “Jaguar+” CPU cores

PCIe® / Display
CPU 2 PCIe x1
with 2MB shared L2 cache
x1 IEEE 1588 (Opt)
CPU 1
GbE 2nd-generation graphics core
x1 IEEE 1588 (Opt) • Compute performance (GFLOP) improvement
GbE
CPU 0 16X DI/16X DO • DirectX® 11.1 graphics support
Boot Flash Optical
Isolations
PCIe® / Display Memory support: single-channel DDR3
• Up to 2 UDIMMs or 2 SO-DIMM DDR3-1600
AMD Embedded USB 2.0/3.0 @ 1.35V & 1.25V
G-Series SOC • Support for ECC DIMMs
SD Card SATA v3.x
Improved power-saving features
RS-232/485 • Power gating added to Multimedia Engine,
HD Audio PCIe® Display Controller, and NB
RS-232/485
• DDR P-states for reduced power consumption
SD USB 2.0/3.0 UART RS-232/485
SATA HDD Integrated display outputs
LPC, SPI IR RS-232/485
• Supports two simultaneous displays
• Supports 4-lane DisplayPort 1.2, DVI, HDMI™ 1.4a,
Remote Management Integrated VGA, and Integrated eDP or 18bpp
single-channel LVDS

HIGH-PERFORMANCE BOX PC Updated I/O

WITH AMD G-SERIES SOC • Four x1 links of PCIe® Gen 2 for GPPs
• One x4 link of PCIe Gen 2 for discrete GPU
(not on lower TDPs)
• 8 USB 2.0 + 2 USB 3.0
• 2 SATA 2.x/3.x (up to 6Gb/s)
• SD Card Reader v3.0 or SDIO controller

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1 T he low-power x86 microprocessor class includes: GX-420CA @ 25W TDP (scored 19); GX-415GA @ 15W (25), GX-217GA @ 15W (17), GX-210HA @ 9W (20), G-T56N @ 18W (12), G-T52R @ 18W (7), G-T40N @9W (14), G-T16R @ 4.5W (19), Intel Atom N270 @ 2.5W (20), Intel Atom D525 @ 13W (9),
Intel Atom D2700 @ 10W (12) & Intel Celeron G440 @ 35W (5). Performance score based on an average of scores from the following benchmarks: Sandra Engineering 2011 Dhrystone ALU, Sandra Engineering 2011 Whetstone iSSE3, 3DMark® 06 (1280 x 1024), PassMark Performance Test 7.0 2D
Graphics Mark, and EEMBC CoreMark Multi-thread. All systems running Windows® 7 Ultimate for Sandra Engineering, 3DMark® 06 and PassMark. All systems running Ubuntu version 11.10 for EEMBC CoreMark. All configurations used DirectX 11.0. AMD G-Series APU system configurations used iBase
MI958 motherboards with 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. All AMD G-Series SOC systems used AMD "Larne" Reference Design Board with 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. Intel Atom D2700 was tested with Jetway NC9KDL-2700 motherboard, 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. Intel Celeron
system configuration used MSI H61M-P23 motherboard with 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. Intel Atom N270 system configuration used MSI MS-9830 motherboard with maximum supported configuration of 1GB DDR2 (per http://download.intel.com/design/intarch/manuals/320436.pdf,)
and Intel GM945 Intel Atom D525 used MSI MS-A923 motherboard with platform integrated 1GB DDR3 and integrated graphics.
2 AMD GX-415GA scored 209, AMD G-T56N scored 98, and Intel Atom D525 scored 93, based on an average of Sandra Engineering 2011 Dhyrstone, Sandra Engineering 2011 Whetstone and EEMBC CoreMark Multi-thread benchmark results. AMD G-T56N system configuration used iBase MI958
motherboard with 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. AMD GX-415GA system configuration used AMD "Larne" Reference Design Board with 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. Intel Atom D525 system configuration used MSI MS-A923 motherboard with platform integrated 1GB DDR3 and
integrated graphics. All systems running Windows® 7 Ultimate for Sandra Engineering and Ubuntu version 11.10 for EEMBC CoreMark.
3 OpenCL 1.2 currently supported in the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows 7; Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7; Microsoft Windows 8; Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 8; Linux(Catalyst drivers). OpenGL 4.2 currently supported in the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows 7; Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7; Microsoft Windows 8; Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 8; Linux (Catalyst drivers). Ongoing support options TBA.
4 AMD GX-415GA scored 864, AMD G-T56N scored 724, and Intel Atom D525 scored 162, based on an average of 3DMark® 06 1280x1024 and PassMark Performance Test 7.0 2D Graphics Suite benchmark results. AMD G-T56N system configuration used iBase MI958 motherboard with 4GB DDR3 and
integrated graphics. AMD GX-415GA system configuration used AMD "Larne" Reference Design Board with 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. Intel Atom D525 system configuration used MSI MS-A923 motherboard with platform integrated 1GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. All systems running
Windows® 7 Ultimate with DirectX 11.0.
5 AMD GX-415GA scored 369, AMD G-T56N scored 218, and Intel Atom D525 scored 116, based on an average of Sandra Engineering 2011 Dhrystone ALU, Sandra Engineering 2011 Whetstone iSSE3, 3DMark® 06 (1280 x 1024), PassMark Performance Test 7.0 2D Graphics Mark, and EEMBC CoreMark
Multi-thread. AMD G-T56N system configuration used iBase MI958 motherboard with 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. AMD GX-415GA system configuration used AMD "Larne" Reference Design Board with 4GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. Intel Atom D525 system configuration used MSI
MS-A923 motherboard with platform integrated 1GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. All systems running Windows® 7 Ultimate for Sandra Engineering, 3DMark® 06 and PassMark. All systems running Ubuntu version 11.10 for EEMBC CoreMark. All configurations used DirectX 11.0.
6 AMD G-Series SOC FT3 BGA package dimension 24.5mm x 24.5mm = 600.25 mm2 SOC; AMD G-Series APU FT1 and Controller Hub two-chip platform: 19mm x 19mm + 23mm x 23mm = 890 mm2; 33% improvement
7 5-year, 7-year, and 10-year support offered, depending upon the AMD product. Please contact your AMD representative for more details.
8 Performance comparison is based on the EEMBC CoreMark v1.0 benchmark. The kit price of GX-416RA is $25, and the kit price of Celeron 1037U is $25. The performance delta of 34% was calculated based on GX-416RA’s CoreMark score of 24699 and Celeron 1037U’s
CoreMark score of 18461. The performance-per-$ delta of 34% was calculated based on the GX-416RA’s performance-per-$ ratio of 987.96 and 1037U’s performance-per-$ ratio of 738.44. The AMD Steppe Eagle GX-416RA used an AMD Larne development board with
4GB DDR3-1600 memory and 80GB Hitachi HDD. The Intel Celeron 1037U used a Toshiba Satellite C55-A5220 motherboard with 8GB DDR3-1600 memory and 256GB Sandisk HDD. Both systems ran Ubuntu Linux 11.1. EMB-105

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