My GTI PP has both of them too (delivered end of March).
However, comparing UK & USA models is like comparing pears & oranges.
Our GTI costs £29120 (which is $40,768); their GTI SE costs $31,320 (which is £22,371 [so £6750 less!]
And in the US they get 220hp engine (not 230 as in Europe [245 is not available at all!];
no climatronic; no active info display (only available on "R")
but they get has panoramic sunroof on SE model.
But their S version still has 6.5 Composition Media...
UK models are produced in Wolfsburg (Germany), US models are produced in Puebla (Mexico).