Highlights of the 39th TOP500 List

ISC’12, Hamburg, Germany

38th List: The TOP10 – Nov 11Rank Site Manufacturer Computer Country Cores

Rmax[Pflops]

Power[MW]

1RIKEN Advanced

Institute for Computational Science

FujitsuK Computer

SPARC64 VIIIfx 2.0GHz, Tofu Interconnect

Japan 795,024 10.51 12.66

2National

SuperComputer Center in Tianjin

NUDTTianhe-1A

NUDT TH MPP, Xeon 6C, NVidia, FT-1000 8C

China 186,368 2.566 4.04

3Oak Ridge National

LaboratoryCray

Jaguar Cray XT5, HC 2.6 GHz

USA 224,162 1.759 6.95

4National

Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen

DawningNebulae

TC3600 Blade, Intel X5650, NVidia Tesla C2050 GPU

China 120,640 1.271 2.58

5GSIC, Tokyo Institute of

TechnologyNEC/HP

TSUBAME-2HP ProLiant, Xeon 6C, NVidia,

Linux/WindowsJapan 73,278 1.192 1.40

6 DOE/NNSA/LANL/SNL CrayCielo

Cray XE6, 8C 2.4 GHzUSA 142,272 1.110 3.98

7NASA/Ames Research

Center/NASSGI

Pleiades SGI Altix ICE 8200EX/8400EX

USA 111,104 1.088 4.10

8DOE/SC/

LBNL/NERSCCray

HopperCray XE6, 6C 2.1 GHz

USA 153,408 1.054 2.91

9Commissariat a

l'Energie Atomique (CEA)

BullTera 100

Bull bullx super-node S6010/S6030

France 138.368 1.050 4.59

10 DOE/NNSA/LANL IBMRoadrunner

BladeCenter QS22/LS21USA 122,400 1.042 2.34

39th List: The TOP10# Site Manufacturer Computer Country Cores Rmax[Pflops]

Power[MW]

1Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

IBMSequoia

BlueGene/Q, Power BQC 16C 1.6GHz, Custom

USA 1,572,864 16.3 7.89

2RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science

FujitsuK Computer

SPARC64 VIIIfx 2.0GHz, Tofu Interconnect

Japan 795,024 10.5 12.66

3Argonne National

LaboratoryIBM

Mira BlueGene/Q,

Power BQC 16C 1.6GHz, CustomUSA 786,432 8.16 3.95

4 Leibniz Rechenzentrum IBMSuperMUC

iDataPlex DX360M4,Xeon E5 8C 2.7GHz, Infiniband FDR

Germany 147,456 2.90 3.52

5National SuperComputer

Center in TianjinNUDT

Tianhe-1ANUDT TH MPP,

Xeon 6C, NVidia, FT-1000 8CChina 186,368 2.57 4.04

6Oak Ridge National

LaboratoryCray

Jaguar Cray XK6, Opteron 16C 2.2GHz,

Gemini, NVIDIA 2090USA 298,592 1.94 5.14

7 CINECA IBMFermi

BlueGene/Q, Power BQC 16C 1.6GHz, Custom

Italy 163,840 1.73 0.82

8Forschungszentrum

Juelich (FZJ)IBM

JuQUEENBlueGene/Q,

Power BQC 16C 1.6GHz, CustomGermany 131,072 1.38 0.66

9Commissariat a l'Energie

Atomique CEA/TGCC-GENCI

BullCurie thin nodes

Bullx B510, Xeon E5 8C 2.7GHz, Infiniband QDR

France 77,184 1.36 2.25

10National Supercomputing

Centre in ShenzhenDawning

NebulaeTC3600 Blade,

Intel X5650, NVidia Tesla C2050 GPU China 120,640 1.27 2.58

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United States50%

China14%Japan

7%

United Kingdom

5%

France4%

Germany4%

Canada2%

Italy2%

others12% United States

ChinaJapanUnited KingdomFranceGermanyCanadaItalyothers

Asian Countries

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Syst

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European Countries

IBM; 213; 43%

HP; 137; 27%

Cray Inc.; 27; 5%

Appro; 19; 4%

SGI; 16; 3%

Bull; 16; 3%

Dell; 12; 2%

Oracle; 7; 1%

Fujitsu; 7; 1%

Others; 46; 9%

IBMHPCray Inc.ApproSGIBullDellOracleFujitsuOthers

Vendors / System Share

IBM; 22; 44%

Cray Inc; 7; 14%

Bull SA; 4; 8%

Appro; 3; 6%

Others; 14; 28%

IBMCray IncBull SAApproOthers

Vendors (TOP50) / System Share

Processors / Systems

49%

11%

9%

7%

4%

4%

3%

3%

2%

2%

1%1%

5%Xeon 5600-series (Westmere-EP)

Xeon 5500-series (Nehalem-EP)

Intel Xeon E5

Opteron 6100 "Magny-Cours"

Power BQC

Xeon 5400-series "Harpertown"

POWER7

Opteron 6200 Series "Interlagos"

Opteron Quad Core

POWER6

PowerPC 450

PowerPC 440

others

Processors / Performance

28%

22%11%

9%

6%

5%

5%

3%

3%2

%

1% 1% 1%

4%

Power BQCXeon 5600 (Westmere-EP)Intel Xeon E5SPARC64 VIIIfxOpteron 6100 "Magny-Cours" Xeon 5500-series (Nehalem-EP)Opteron 6200 "Interlagos"POWER7Xeon 5400-series "Harpertown"PowerPC 450Opteron Quad CoreSPARC64 IXfxXeon 5500-series (Nehalem-EX)Others

Cores per Socket

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Accelerators/ Co-Processors

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Intel MICClearspeed CSX600ATI GPUIBM PowerXCell 8iNVIDIA 2070NVIDIA 2050NVIDIA 2090

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TOP10

TOP50

TOP500

Max-EfficiencyBlueGene/Q

Cell

Most Power Efficient ArchitecturesComputer

Rmax/Power

BlueGene/Q, Power BQC 16C 1.60 GHz, Custom 2,214

Bullx B505, Xeon E5649 6C 2.53GHz, Infiniband QDR, NVIDIA 2090 1,266

Intel Cluster, Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.600GHz, Infiniband FDR, Intel MIC 1,177

Xtreme-X , Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.600GHz, Infiniband QDR, NVIDIA 2090 1,050

SuperServer 2026GT-TRF, Xeon E5645 6C 2.40GHz, Infiniband QDR, NVIDIA 2050

954

iDataPlex DX360M4, Xeon E5-2670 8C 2.600GHz, Infiniband FDR 933Mole-8.5 Cluster, Xeon X5520 4C 2.27 GHz, Infiniband QDR, NVIDIA 2050

919

HP ProLiant SL390s G7 Xeon 6C X5660 2.8Ghz, nVidia Fermi, Infiniband QDR

902

PRIMEHPC FX10, SPARC64 IXfx 16C 1.848GHz, Tofu interconnect 886

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