Top500 List - November 2004

Rmax and Rpeak values are in GFlops. For more details about other fields, check the TOP500 description.

Rank Site System Cores Rmax (GFlop/s) Rpeak (GFlop/s) Power (kW)
1 IBM/DOE
United States
BlueGene/L beta-System - BlueGene/L DD2 beta-System (0.7 GHz PowerPC 440)
IBM
32768 70720.0 91750.0
2 NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS
United States
Columbia - SGI Altix 1.5 GHz, Voltaire Infiniband
SGI
10160 51870.0 60960.0
3 Japan Agency for Marine -Earth Science and Technology
Japan
Earth-Simulator
NEC
5120 35860.0 40960.0 3200
4 Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Spain
MareNostrum - eServer BladeCenter JS20 (PowerPC970 2.2 GHz), Myrinet
IBM
3564 20530.0 31363.0
5 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
Thunder - Intel Itanium2 Tiger4 1.4GHz - Quadrics
California Digital Corporation
4096 19940.0 22938.0
6 Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States
ASCI Q - AlphaServer SC45, 1.25 GHz
Hewlett-Packard
8192 13880.0 20480.0
7 Virginia Tech
United States
System X - 1100 Dual 2.3 GHz Apple XServe/Mellanox Infiniband 4X/Cisco GigE
Self-made
2200 12250.0 20240.0
8 IBM - Rochester
United States
BlueGene/L DD1 Prototype (0.5GHz PowerPC 440 w/Custom)
IBM/ LLNL
8192 11680.0 16384.0
9 Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC
United States
eServer pSeries 655 (1.7 GHz Power4+)
IBM
2944 10310.0 20019.2
10 NCSA
United States
Tungsten - PowerEdge 1750, P4 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet
Dell
2500 9819.0 15300.0
11 ECMWF
United Kingdom
eServer pSeries 690 (1.9 GHz Power4+)
IBM
2176 9241.0 16538.0
12 ECMWF
United Kingdom
eServer pSeries 690 (1.9 GHz Power4+)
IBM
2176 9241.0 16538.0
13 US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
United States
John Von Neumann - LNX Cluster, Xeon 3.4 GHz, Myrinet
Linux Networx
2048 8770.0 13926.0
14 Institute of Physical and Chemical Res. (RIKEN)
Japan
RIKEN Super Combined Cluster
Fujitsu
2048 8728.0 12534.0
15 IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
United States
BlueGene/L DD2 Prototype (0.7 GHz PowerPC 440)
IBM/ LLNL
4096 8655.0 11469.0
16 DOE/SC/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
United States
Mpp2 - Cluster Platform 6000 rx2600 Itanium2 1.5 GHz, Quadrics
Hewlett-Packard
1936 8633.0 11616.0
17 Shanghai Supercomputer Center
China
Dawning 4000A, Opteron 2.2 GHz, Myrinet
Dawning
2560 8061.0 11264.0
18 Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States
Lightning - Opteron 2 GHz, Myrinet
Linux Networx
2816 8051.0 11264.0
19 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
MCR Linux Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Quadrics
Linux Networx/Quadrics
2304 7634.0 11060.0
20 DOE/SC/LBNL/NERSC
United States
Seaborg - SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way
IBM
6656 7304.0 9984.0
21 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
ASCI White, SP Power3 375 MHz
IBM
8192 7304.0 12288.0
22 NCSA
United States
TeraGrid, Itanium2 1.3/1.5 GHZ, Myrinet
IBM
1776 7215.0 10259.0
23 US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
United States
eServer Opteron 2.2 GHz. Myrinet
IBM
2320 7185.0 10208.0
24 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Quadrics
IBM/Quadrics
1920 6586.0 9216.0
25 UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
United States
DataStar - eServer pSeries 655/690 (1.5/1.7 Ghz Power4+)
IBM
1696 6385.0 10406.0
26 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
Lilac - xSeries x335 Cluster, Xeon 3.06 GHz, Quadrics
IBM
1540 6232.0 9425.0
27 HPCx
United Kingdom
eServer pSeries 690 (1.7 GHz Power4+)
IBM
1600 6188.0 10880.0
28 Grid Technology Research Center, AIST
Japan
AIST Super Cluster P-32 - AIST Super Cluster P-32, Opteron 2.0 GHz, Myrinet
IBM
2200 6155.0 8800.0
29 DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
Cray X1
Cray Inc.
504 5895.0 6451.0
30 Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)
Germany
JUMP - eServer pSeries 690 (1.7 GHz Power4+)
IBM
1312 5568.0 8921.0
31 University of Southern California
United States
HPC - Sun Fire V60, IBM xServer,2.0-3.0 GHz, Myrinet
IBM, Sun, Myricom
1920 5510.0 10752.0
32 National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan
Japan
PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 (1.3 GHz)
Fujitsu
2304 5406.0 11980.0
33 Kyoto University
Japan
PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 (1.56 GHz)
Fujitsu
1472 4552.0 9185.0
34 Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
United States
AlphaServer SC45, 1 GHz
Hewlett-Packard
3016 4463.0 6032.0
35 NOAA R&D/ National Centers for Environmental Prediction
United States
eServer pSeries 655 (1.7 GHz Power4+)
IBM
1152 4379.0 7833.6
36 NOAA R&D/ National Centers for Environmental Prediction
United States
eServer pSeries 655 (1.7 GHz Power4+)
IBM
1152 4379.0 7833.6
37 Caltech/JPL
United States
Cosmos - PowerEdge 1750, P4 Xeon 3.2 GHz, Myrinet
Dell
1024 4298.0 6553.6
38 Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Science
China
DeepComp 6800, Itanium2 1.3 GHz, QsNet
lenovo
1024 4193.0 5324.8
39 NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
United States
pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3 GHz
IBM
1600 4184.0 8320.0
40 Texas Advanced Computing Center/Univ. of Texas
United States
lonestar - PowerEdge 1750, Pentium4 Xeon 3.2/3.06 GHz, Myrinet
Dell-Cray
1024 4152.0 6338.0
41 Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
France
AlphaServer SC45, 1 GHz
Hewlett-Packard
2560 3980.0 5120.0
42 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
eServer pSeries 655 (1.5 GHz Power4+)
IBM
1024 3812.0 6144.0
43 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
eServer pSeries 655 (1.5 GHz Power4+)
IBM
1024 3812.0 6144.0
44 Bank (H)
Germany
BladeCenter Xeon 3.06 GHz, Gig-Ethernet
IBM
1064 3755.0 6511.7
45 Bank (L)
United Kingdom
BladeCenter HS20 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Gig-Ethernet
IBM
3200 3755.0 19584.0
46 ConocoPhillips
United States
BladeCenter Xeon 3.06 GHz, Gig-Ethernet
IBM
1056 3755.0 6462.7
47 Credit Suisse/First Boston
United Kingdom
BladeCenter HS20 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Gig-Ethernet
IBM
1500 3755.0 9180.0
48 Geoscience (C)
United Kingdom
xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
1128 3755.0 6903.4
49 Geoscience (C)
United Kingdom
xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
1128 3755.0 6903.4
50 IBM - Deep Computing Capacity on Demand Center
United States
xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
1000 3755.0 6120.0
51 Petroleum Company (C)
Brazil
xSeries Cluster Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
1024 3755.0 6266.9
52 PGS
United States
xSeries Cluster Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
1024 3755.0 6266.9
53 Saudi Aramco
Saudi Arabia
BladeCenter HS20 Cluster, Xeon 3.2 GHz, GigEthernet
IBM
1536 3755.0 9830.4 251
54 Semiconductor Company (D)
Israel
xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
1120 3755.0 6854.4
55 Westgrid
Canada
glacier - BladeCenter Xeon 3.06 GHz, Gig-Ethernet
IBM
1008 3755.0 6169.0
56 PetrĂ³leo Brasileiro S.A
Brazil
bwr1 - Cluster Platform 3000 DL140G3 Xeon 3.06 GHz GigEthernet
Hewlett-Packard
1300 3739.0 7956.0
57 Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC
United States
pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3 GHz
IBM
1408 3717.2 7321.6
58 Walt Disney Feature Animation
United States
The Hive - Cluster Platform 3000 DL360G3 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet
Hewlett-Packard
900 3379.5 5508.0
59 Forecast Systems Laboratory - NOAA
United States
Aspen Systems, Dual Xeon 2.2 GHz - Myrinet2000
HPTi
1536 3337.0 6758.0
60 National Institute for Materials Science
Japan
SR11000-H1/56
Hitachi
56 3319.0 6093.0
61 CINECA
Italy
BladeCenter HS20 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet
IBM
768 3231.0 4700.0
62 Institute of Scientific Computing/Nankai University
China
Nankai Stars - xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet
IBM
768 3231.0 4700.0
63 UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
United States
TeraGrid Cluster, Itanium 2 1.3 GHz, Myrinet
IBM
768 3152.0 3993.0
64 Manufacturer (G)
United States
eServer p5 570 POWER5 1.9 GHz, GigEth
IBM
720 3068.0 5472.0
65 Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Korea, South
Nankai Star - xSeries Xeon 2.4 GHz, Myrinet
IBM
1024 3067.0 4915.2
66 University of Sherbrooke
Canada
Ms - PowerEdge 750, P4 3.2 GHz, GigE
Dell
872 3064.0 5580.8
67 Semiconductor Company (E)
United States
xSeries Cluster Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
800 3004.0 4896.0
68 PetrĂ³leo Brasileiro S.A
Brazil
bw7 - Cluster Platform 3000 DL140G3 Xeon 3.06 GHz GigEthernet
Hewlett-Packard
1008 2992.0 6169.0
69 Government
United States
Cray X1
Cray Inc.
252 2932.9 3225.6
70 Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
780 2928.9 4773.6
71 Institute for Molecular Science
Japan
SR11000-H1/50
Hitachi
50 2909.0 5440.0
72 Sandia National Laboratories
United States
ICC1 - Cluster Platform DL360G3, Pentium4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, Myrinet
Hewlett-Packard
1024 2880.0 5734.4
73 Sandia National Laboratories
United States
ICC1 - Cluster Platform DL360G3, Pentium4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, Myrinet
Hewlett-Packard
1024 2880.0 5734.4
74 IBM
United States
eServer pSeries 690 (1.9 GHz Power4+)
IBM
672 2849.1 5107.2
75 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/IPP
Germany
pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz
IBM
1024 2735.0 5324.8
76 Environment Canada
Canada
pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz
IBM
960 2560.0 4992.0
77 Energy Company (D)
United States
Cluster Platform 6000 rx5670-4x256, Itanium2 1.3 GHz, GigE
Hewlett-Packard
1024 2556.0 5324.8
78 University of Alaska - Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
United States
eServer pSeries 655 (1.5 GHz Power4+)
IBM
672 2510.3 4032.0
79 Digital Media Company (C)
United Kingdom
xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
640 2403.2 3916.8
80 Sandia National Laboratories
United States
ASCI Red
Intel
9632 2379.0 3207.0
81 SGI
United States
SGI Altix 1.3 GHz
SGI
512 2338.0 2662.4
82 DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz
IBM
864 2310.0 4492.8
83 Sandia National Laboratories
United States
xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet
IBM
512 2223.2 3133.4
84 Louisiana State University
United States
SuperMike - P4 Xeon 1.8 GHz - Myrinet
Atipa Technology
1024 2207.0 3686.4
85 Sandia National Laboratories
United States
ICC2 - Cluster Platform 3000 DL360G4 Xeon 3.4 GHz, GigEthernet
Hewlett-Packard
1028 2200.0 6990.0
86 Sandia National Laboratories
United States
ICC2 - Cluster Platform 3000 DL360G4 Xeon 3.4 GHz, GigEthernet
Hewlett-Packard
1028 2200.0 6990.0
87 Korea Meteorological Administration
Korea, South
Cray X1
Cray Inc.
188 2188.2 2406.4
88 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
United States
AlphaServer SC45, 1 GHz
Hewlett-Packard
1392 2164.0 2784.0
89 Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)
Japan
SX-6/248M31 (typeE, 1.778ns)
NEC
248 2155.0 2232.0
90 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
ASCI Blue-Pacific SST, IBM SP 604e
IBM
5808 2144.0 3856.5
91 US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
United States
pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz
IBM
800 2140.0 4160.0
92 Sony Pictures Imageworks
United States
xSeries Cluster Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
568 2132.8 3476.2
93 Atomic Weapons Establishment
United Kingdom
SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way
IBM
1920 2106.0 2880.0
94 Deutscher Wetterdienst
Germany
SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way
IBM
1920 2106.0 2880.0
95 Universitaet Wuppertal
Germany
ALiCEnext, Opteron 1.8 GHz, GigE, Parastation
Angstrom Microsystems
1024 2083.0 3686.4
96 Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E
IBM
550 2065.2 3366.0
97 Energy Company (D)
United States
Cluster Platform 6000 rx4640-4x136 Itanium2 1.3 GHz, GigE
Hewlett-Packard
800 2059.0 4160.0
98 Oracle Corporation
United States
Cluster Platform 3000 DL380G3, Pentium4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, Myrinet
Hewlett-Packard
702 2044.0 3931.2
99 United Institute of Informatics Problems
Belarus
SKIF K-1000 - Opteron 2.2 GHz, Infiniband
Self-made
576 2032.0 2534.4
100 C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Inc
Canada
BladeCenter Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet
IBM
1008 2026.0 5644.8