The Green500 List - June 2008
This 3rd edition of the Green500 contains a plethora of interesting takeaways,
of which the following five are most notable.
- The first sustained petaflop supercomputer - Roadrunner,
from DOE Los Alamos National Laboratory - exhibits extraordinary
energy efficiency. - Roadrunner, the top-ranked supercomputer in the TOP500,
is ranked #3 on the Green500. This achievement further reinforces
the fact that energy efficiency is as important as raw performance
for modern supercomputers and that energy efficiency and performance
can coexist. (For comparison, the last two supercomputers to top the
TOP500 are #43 and #499 on the Green500.) - The top three supercomputers surpass the 400 MFLOPS/watt milestone
for the first time. - Three of IBM’s Cell-based QS22 supercomputers at IBM Germany,
Fraunhofer ITWM, and DOE/NNSA/LANL achieved 488.14, 488.14, and 437.43 MFLOPS/watt,
respectively. - Energy efficiency hits the mainstream.
- The energy efficiency of a commodity system based on Intel’s
45-nm low-power quad-core Xeon is now on par with IBM BlueGene/L (BG/L)
machines, which debuted in November 2004. - The FLOPS/watt distribution is still skewed from top to bottom but
improving. - While the energy efficiency of the top-ranked Green500 supercomputer
has improved by almost 131,000,000 Flops/watt since November 2007, the bottom-ranked
Green500 supercomputer has improved
by only 390,000 Flops/watt. Overall, the MFLOPS/watt distribution of
the Green500 is
skewed with only 28% of the machines acheiving more than 100Mflops/watt
(up from 14% last November). - Each of supercomputers in the top ten from this edition of the Green500
has a higher FLOPS/watt rating than the previous #1 Green500 supercomputer.
The Green500 List
Listed below are the June 2008 The Green500's energy-efficient supercomputers ranked from 1 to 100.
Green500 Rank | MFLOPS/W | Site* | Computer* | Total Power (kW) |
1 | 488.09 | Fraunhofer ITWM | BladeCenter QS22 Cluster, PowerXCell 8i 3.2 Ghz, Infiniband | 18.97 |
1 | 488.14 | IBM Germany | BladeCenter QS22 Cluster, PowerXCell 8i 3.2 Ghz, Infiniband | 22.76 |
3 | 437.43 | DOE/NNSA/LANL | BladeCenter QS22/LS21 Cluster, PowerXCell 8i 3.2 Ghz / Opteron DC 1.8 GHz | 2,345.50 |
4 | 371.75 | Argonne National Laboratory | Blue Gene/P Solution | 31.50 |
4 | 371.75 | Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies/ICHEC | Blue Gene/P Solution | 31.50 |
4 | 371.75 | Science and Technology Facilities Council - Daresbury Laboratory | Blue Gene/P Solution | 31.50 |
7 | 371.67 | ASTRON/University Groningen | Blue Gene/P Solution | 94.50 |
7 | 371.67 | DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Blue Gene/P Solution | 63.00 |
7 | 371.67 | IBM - Rochester | Blue Gene/P Solution | 126.00 |
7 | 371.67 | RZG/Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/IPP | Blue Gene/P Solution | 94.50 |
7 | 371.67 | Stony Brook/BNL, New York Center for Computational Sciences | Blue Gene/P Solution | 63.00 |
12 | 368.89 | EDF R&D; | Blue Gene/P Solution | 252.00 |
13 | 357.38 | Argonne National Laboratory | Blue Gene/P Solution | 1,260.00 |
14 | 357.14 | Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) | Blue Gene/P Solution | 504.00 |
14 | 357.14 | IDRIS | Blue Gene/P Solution | 315.00 |
16 | 265.80 | HPC2N - Umea University | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.5 GHz, IB, Windows HPC 2008/CentOS | 173.21 |
17 | 240.05 | Total Exploration Production | SGI Altix ICE 8200EX, Xeon quad core 3.0 GHz | 442.00 |
18 | 213.10 | Universitaet Freiburg | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, Infiniband | 45.01 |
18 | 213.10 | Universitaet Heidelberg | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, Infiniband | 45.01 |
18 | 213.10 | Universitaet Karlsruhe | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, Infiniband | 45.01 |
18 | 213.10 | Universitaet Mannheim | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, Infiniband | 45.01 |
18 | 213.10 | Universitaet Tuebingen | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, Infiniband | 45.01 |
18 | 213.10 | University of Bristol | xSeries x3450 Cluster Xeon quad core, 2.8 GHz, Infiniband | 135.03 |
24 | 213.09 | HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, Infiniband | 137.61 |
25 | 213.08 | Universität Ulm/ Universität Konstanz | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, Infiniband | 90.03 |
26 | 210.56 | Harvard University | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 44.80 |
26 | 210.56 | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 44.80 |
26 | 210.56 | IBM - Almaden Research Center | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 44.80 |
26 | 210.56 | IBM Research | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 44.80 |
26 | 210.56 | IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 44.80 |
26 | 210.56 | Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 44.80 |
26 | 210.56 | University of Canterbury | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 44.80 |
33 | 208.31 | Computational Biology Research Center, AIST | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 89.60 |
33 | 208.31 | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 89.60 |
33 | 208.31 | EDF R&D; | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 89.60 |
33 | 208.31 | Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 179.20 |
33 | 208.31 | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 89.60 |
33 | 208.31 | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization /KEK | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 89.60 |
33 | 208.31 | IBM Rochester, On Demand Deep Computing Center | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 89.60 |
33 | 208.31 | Indian Institute of Science | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 89.60 |
41 | 206.58 | HLRN at Universitaet Hannover / RRZN | SGI Altix ICE 8200EX, Xeon quad core 3.0 GHz | 129.20 |
41 | 206.58 | HLRN at ZIB/Konrad Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik | SGI Altix ICE 8200EX, Xeon quad core 3.0 GHz | 129.20 |
43 | 205.27 | DOE/NNSA/LLNL | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 2,329.60 |
44 | 205.06 | UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 67.20 |
45 | 204.24 | ASTRON/University Groningen | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 134.40 |
46 | 203.77 | IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 448.00 |
46 | 203.77 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 358.40 |
46 | 203.77 | Stony Brook/BNL, New York Center for Computational Sciences | eServer Blue Gene Solution | 403.20 |
49 | 203.26 | Exeter University | SGI Altix ICE 8200, Xeon quad core 2.83 GHz | 55.15 |
50 | 209.32 | University of Arizona | SGI Altix ICE 8200, Xeon quad core 2.83 GHz | 64.40 |
51 | 195.47 | Universitaet Aachen/RWTH | PRIMERGY RX200 S4 Cluster, Quad Core 3Ghz, Infiniband, Windows HPC 2008 | 96.23 |
52 | 188.96 | Harvard University - FAS Research Computing | PowerEdge M600 Cluster, Xeon E5410 2.3Ghz, Infiniband | 171.52 |
53 | 183.58 | Turboinstitute | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, Infiniband | 191.08 |
54 | 179.70 | Near East University | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, Infiniband | 51.44 |
54 | 179.70 | Siberian National University | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, Infiniband | 72.66 |
56 | 179.46 | Lockheed | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, Infiniband | 78.45 |
57 | 179.45 | Lockheed Martin | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, Infiniband | 73.63 |
58 | 179.44 | University Health Network - University of Toronto | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, Infiniband | 54.02 |
59 | 179.24 | Ufa State Aviation Technical University | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, Infiniband | 85.52 |
60 | 170.31 | ENEA | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, Infiniband | 100.64 |
61 | 163.61 | R-Systems | Dell DCS CS23-SH, QC HT 2.8 GHz, Infiniband | 241.92 |
62 | 157.27 | SGI | SGI Altix ICE 8200, 3.0 GHz | 123.10 |
63 | 157.24 | Argonne National Laboratory - CNM | TeamHPC Xeon 5355 Cluster, Quad Xeon 2.66GHz, Infiniband | 63.36 |
64 | 156.06 | NanJing Institute of Geophysical Prospecting, PEPRIS, SINOPEC | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.66 GHz, Infiniband | 95.54 |
65 | 155.71 | Manufacturing Company (I) | SGI Altix ICE 8200, 3.0 GHz | 61.50 |
66 | 155.27 | Maui High-Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) | PowerEdge 1955, 3.0 GHz, Infiniband | 273.00 |
67 | 152.21 | Texas Advanced Computing Center/Univ. of Texas | PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband | 307.02 |
68 | 150.45 | Financial Institution () | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.8 GHz, GigEthernet | 60.12 |
68 | 150.45 | Financial Institution () | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.8 GHz, GigEthernet | 60.12 |
68 | 150.45 | Financial Institution () | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.8 GHz, GigEthernet | 60.12 |
68 | 150.45 | Financial Institution () | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.8 GHz, GigEthernet | 60.12 |
68 | 150.45 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 59.80 |
73 | 148.92 | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) | SGI Altix ICE 8200, 3.0 GHz | 97.50 |
74 | 148.12 | Financial Institution () | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, GigEthernet | 62.70 |
74 | 148.12 | Financial Institution () | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, GigEthernet | 62.70 |
74 | 148.12 | Geoscience (Q) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, GigEthernet | 62.70 |
74 | 148.12 | Geoscience (Q) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, GigEthernet | 62.70 |
78 | 154.59 | New Mexico Computing Applications Center (NMCAC) | SGI Altix ICE 8200, Xeon quad core 3.0 GHz | 861.63 |
79 | 144.43 | Financial Institution () | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.8 GHz, GigEthernet | 64.30 |
79 | 144.43 | Merck and Company | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, GigEthernet | 64.30 |
81 | 142.21 | Scientific Supercomputing Center Karlsruhe | Transtec Xeon Cluster | 88.88 |
82 | 141.35 | NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS | SGI Altix ICE 8200, 2.66 GHz | 230.07 |
83 | 140.23 | Louisiana State University | PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband | 75.60 |
84 | 144.44 | Idaho National Laboratory | SGI Altix ICE 8200, 2.66 GHz | 123.10 |
85 | 138.45 | Cenaero | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.5 GHz, GigEthernet | 67.08 |
86 | 137.54 | Financial Institution (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, GigEthernet | 67.52 |
86 | 137.54 | Financial Institution (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon quad core 2.33 GHz, GigEthernet | 67.52 |
88 | 137.51 | Stanford University/Biomedical Computational Facility | PowerEdge 1950, 2.33 GHz, Infiniband | 113.23 |
89 | 135.87 | NCSA | PowerEdge 1955, 2.33 GHz, Infiniband, Windows Server 2008/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | 504.00 |
90 | 133.46 | Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba | Appro Xtreme-X3 Server - Quad Opteron Quad Core 2.3 GHz, Infiniband | 572.92 |
91 | 131.73 | University of North Carolina | PowerEdge 1955, 2.33 GHz, Cisco/Topspin Infiniband | 218.40 |
92 | 130.95 | Arizona State University High Performance Computing Center | PowerEdge 1955, Quad Core 2.66 GHz, Infiniband | 92.40 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
93 | 129.60 | Geoscience (P) | BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, GigEthernet | 69.42 |
* Performance data obtained from publicly available sources including TOP500