Comparison of US HPC Resources
February 20 2016 in HPC | Tags: HPC, XSEDE | Author: Christopher Rackauckas
It can sometimes be quite daunting to get the information you need. When looking for the right HPC to run code on, there are a lot of computers in the US to choose from. I decided to start compiling a lot of the information into some tables in order to make it easier to understand the options. I am right now starting with a small subset which includes Blue Waters and some of XSEDE with rows for the parts that interest me, but if you would like for me to add to the list please let me know.
| Stampede | Comet | SuperMIC | Gordon | Blue Waters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Nodes | 6256/16 LM/128 Vis | 1944/36 GPU/4 LM | 360/360 Hyb | 1024 | 22640 XE/4228 XK |
| Processor | Xeon E5-2680 | Xeon E5-2680v3 | Xeon E5-2680 | Xeon EM64T E5 | AMD 6276 |
| Cores/Node | 32 | 24/48 LM | 20 | 32 | 16 XE/8 XK |
| RAM | 32 GB / 1 TB LM | 128 GB / 1.5 TB LM | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Onboard Storage | SATA 250GB | SSD 320 GB | HDD 500 GB | ||
| Xeon Phi | SE10P | 7120P (x2 for Compute) | |||
| GPU | Tesla K40 (Vis) | Tesla K80 x2 (GPU) | Tesla K20x (Hyb) | Tesla K20x (XK) |
For many computers, there exist different types of nodes. I list the resources for each type with the compute node having no marker, with the others having the following codes: LM = Large Memory Node, Vis = Visualization Node, GPU = GPU Node, Hyb = Hybrid Node. Also noted are the Blue Waters XE (standard) and XK (GPU).
The table is generated from a CSV file which can be downloaded here. It includes more computers than shown.