Final Top 500 Supercomputer rankings out. G5 destroys Itanium 2, Opteron, P4, and Xeon

[Eug]

http://www.top500.org/list/2003/11/

Hopefully my title should get some people riled up.

Actually, the G5 "only" destroys the P4, Opteron, and Xeon. It merely beats the I2 on a per CPU score. (Not that Linpack is necessarily representative of the real world, but it would seem that the clustered G5 loves this benchmark.)

1 - 5120 x NEC
2 - 8192 x Alpha 1.25
3 - 2200 x G5 PPC 970 2.0
4 - 2500 x P4 3.06
5 - 1936 x Itanium 2 1.5
6 - 2816 x Opteron 2.0
7 - 2304 x Xeon 2.4

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: Eug
http://www.top500.org/list/2003/11/

Hopefully my title should get some people riled up. Actually, the G5 "only" destroys the P4, Opteron, and Xeon. It merely beats the I2. (Not that Linpack is necessarily representative of the real world, but it would seem that the clustered G5 loves this benchmark.)

3 - 2200 x G5 2.0
4 - 2500 x P4 3.06
5 - 1936 x Itanium 2 1.5
6 - 2816 x Opteron 2.0
7 - 2304 x Xeon 2.4

dont u think its a bit hard to compare processors directly in supercomputers

its more than that, its how many of them, the back plane connection, all these matter

so i am not sure its appropriate to say G5 destroys P4, Opteron ..

 

[Francodman]

What's apple share in the market again?

 

[fumbduck]

WOO I KICK ASS.

 

[Crypticburn]

Originally posted by: fumbduck
The G5 is also a Dual Processor, the others are single.

Yes, 1100 x 2 = 2200

Crypticburn

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: kalster
dont u think its a bit hard to compare processors directly in supercomputers

its more than that, its how many of them, the back plane connection, all these matter

so i am not sure its appropriate to say G5 destroys P4, Opteron ..

I agree. 1) Clustering scores don't apply to single computers. 2) Linpack is just one benchmark.

OTOH, I find it interesting to note that the G5 2.0 is scoring higher in Linpack (at 4.67 Gflop/s per CPU) in actual testing than the theoretical max of an Opteron 2.0 (4 Gflop/s).

 

[fumbduck]

Success at learning!

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: Crypticburn

Originally posted by: fumbduck
The G5 is also a Dual Processor, the others are single.

Yes, 1100 x 2 = 2200

Crypticburn

I can't tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me, but, since when does the clock speed matter?

No he's saying that the there are only 2200 G5 processors (1100 dual Power Macs).

 

[fumbduck]

i get it now

 

[RichieZ]

thats wonderful but I do not need or want any of those processors.

My Pentium M works just fine for me (1.4gHz Thinkpad X31). Its my opinion that computers are fast enough for MOST tasks, and they should concentrate on heat, size and sound. Of course people who acutally need faster processors (graphics work, video work, gamers.....) are welcome to shell out as much as they want.

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: Eug

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: Crypticburn

Originally posted by: fumbduck
The G5 is also a Dual Processor, the others are single.

Yes, 1100 x 2 = 2200

Crypticburn

I can't tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me, but, since when does the clock speed matter?

No he's saying that the there are only 2200 G5 processors (1100 dual Power Macs).

I can't understand what you are saying.

from the top500 thing: "1100 Dual 2.0 GHz Apple G5"

Thats what the G5 is using, i see that as two 2.0ghz processors...

Okk you lost me. The thing uses a total of 2200 G5 processors... i dont know why the clock speed matters.

 

[fumbduck]

Originally posted by: SSP

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: Eug

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: Crypticburn

Originally posted by: fumbduck
The G5 is also a Dual Processor, the others are single.

Yes, 1100 x 2 = 2200

Crypticburn

I can't tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me, but, since when does the clock speed matter?

No he's saying that the there are only 2200 G5 processors (1100 dual Power Macs).

I can't understand what you are saying.

from the top500 thing: "1100 Dual 2.0 GHz Apple G5"

Thats what the G5 is using, i see that as two 2.0ghz processors...

Okk you lost me. The thing uses a total of 2200 G5 processors... i dont know why the clock speed matters.

I lost myself. I'll just let you win and leave it at that.

 

[fumbduck]

FU FUSETALK

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: Eug
http://www.top500.org/list/2003/11/

Hopefully my title should get some people riled up.

Actually, the G5 "only" destroys the P4, Opteron, and Xeon. It merely beats the I2 on a per CPU score. (Not that Linpack is necessarily representative of the real world, but it would seem that the clustered G5 loves this benchmark.)

1 - 5120 x NEC
2 - 8192 x Alpha 1.25
3 - 2200 x G5 PPC 970 2.0
4 - 2500 x P4 3.06
5 - 1936 x Itanium 2 1.5
6 - 2816 x Opteron 2.0
7 - 2304 x Xeon 2.4

Still trying to make yourself feel better about spending all that money on such a useless computer eh?

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Still trying to make yourself feel better about spending all that money on such a useless computer eh?

Heh, but my desktop is a Celeron 1.4.

When a G5 makes it into a laptop though, I'll probably buy one.

 

[Rage187]

to bad apple stil sux the fat one.

 

[Turkish]

hehe we kicked ass

<<-- VT student.

 

[Spencer278]

But how much does each cost because you can always add more PC or Macs to the cluster.

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: RichieZ
thats wonderful but I do not need or want any of those processors.

My Pentium M works just fine for me (1.4gHz Thinkpad X31). Its my opinion that computers are fast enough for MOST tasks, and they should concentrate on heat, size and sound. Of course people who acutally need faster processors (graphics work, video work, gamers.....) are welcome to shell out as much as they want.

Heh, straight out of the Apple marketing argument for their PowerBooks.

 

[shabby]

Im gonna play some photoshop on my mac...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: shabby
Im gonna play some photoshop on my mac...

Ha!

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: RichieZ
thats wonderful but I do not need or want any of those processors.

My Pentium M works just fine for me (1.4gHz Thinkpad X31). Its my opinion that computers are fast enough for MOST tasks, and they should concentrate on heat, size and sound. Of course people who acutally need faster processors (graphics work, video work, gamers.....) are welcome to shell out as much as they want.

Heh, straight out of the Apple marketing argument for their PowerBooks.

ya, but then i woudln't buy a mac