June 2022

The system to claim the No. 1 spot for the GREEN500 is the Frontier Test & Development System (TDS) at ORNL in the US. With 120,832 total cores and an HPL benchmark of 19.2 PFlop/s, the Frontier TDS machine is basically just one rack identical to racks in the actual Frontier system. Therefore, it makes sense that it is outmatched by Frontier’s 8,730,112 cores and HPL benchmark of 1.102 Exaflop/s. However, Frontier TDS has some impressive efficiency capabilities. With a power efficiency of 62.8 gigaflops/watt, Frontier TDS is the clear leader of the GREEN500.

Continuing with this trend, and perhaps even redefining it, is the original Frontier system at ORNL in the US. This machine earned the highest spot on the TOP500 list and was still able to take the No. 2 spot on the GREEN500. This system is able to produce a whopping 1.102 Exaflop/s HPL benchmark score while keeping its power efficiency at 55.23 gigaflops/watt. Considering this machine was able to stay competitive on the GREEN500 while becoming the first exascale system shows how energy efficiency is becoming a top priority for HPC facilities.

The No. 3 spot was taken by the LUMI system, which is quite an accomplishment for the newcomer. Despite being the largest system in Europe, LUMI has an impressive power efficiency rating of 51.63 gigaflops/watt.

In fact, LUMI is part of a wider trend in HPC that is proving that power doesn’t have to be sacrificed in the name of efficiency. The No. 4 spot was held by Adastra, an HPE Cray EX system at GENCI-CINES that took the No. 10 spot on the TOP500. It’s also the second fastest in Europe and has an efficiency rating of 50.03 gigaflops/watt.

Last year’s winner of the GREEN500 has moved down to the No. 5 spot, as the MN-3 system from Preferred Networks in Japan received a power efficiency rating of 40.90 gigaflops/watt. This is an improvement over the system’s previous score of 39.38 gigaflops/watt.

Green500 Data

Rank TOP500 Rank System Cores Rmax (PFlop/s) Power (kW) Energy Efficiency (GFlops/watts)
1 29 Frontier TDS - HPE Cray EX235a, AMD Optimized 3rd Generation EPYC 64C 2GHz, AMD Instinct MI250X, Slingshot-11, HPE
DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
120,832 19.20 309 62.684
2 1 Frontier - HPE Cray EX235a, AMD Optimized 3rd Generation EPYC 64C 2GHz, AMD Instinct MI250X, Slingshot-11, HPE
DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
8,730,112 1,102.00 21,100 52.227
3 3 LUMI - HPE Cray EX235a, AMD Optimized 3rd Generation EPYC 64C 2GHz, AMD Instinct MI250X, Slingshot-11, HPE
EuroHPC/CSC
Finland
1,110,144 151.90 2,942 51.629
4 10 Adastra - HPE Cray EX235a, AMD Optimized 3rd Generation EPYC 64C 2GHz, AMD Instinct MI250X, Slingshot-11, HPE
Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif - Centre Informatique National de l'Enseignement Suprieur (GENCI-CINES)
France
319,072 46.10 921 50.028
5 146 ATOS THX.A.B - BullSequana XH2000, Xeon Platinum 8358 32C 2.6GHz, NVIDIA A100 64GB, Infiniband HDR, EVIDEN
Atos
France
25,056 3.50 86 41.411
6 326 MN-3 - MN-Core Server, Xeon Platinum 8260M 24C 2.4GHz, Preferred Networks MN-Core, MN-Core DirectConnect, Preferred Networks
Preferred Networks
Japan
1,664 2.18 53 40.901
7 315 SSC-21 Scalable Module - Apollo 6500 Gen10 plus, AMD EPYC 7543 32C 2.8GHz, NVIDIA A100 80GB​, Infiniband HDR200, HPE
Samsung Electronics
South Korea
16,704 2.27 103 33.983
8 319 Tethys - NVIDIA DGX A100 Liquid Cooled Prototype, AMD EPYC 7742 64C 2.25GHz, NVIDIA A100 80GB​, Infiniband HDR, Nvidia
NVIDIA Corporation
United States
19,840 2.25 72 31.538
9 304 Wilkes-3 - PowerEdge XE8545, AMD EPYC 7763 64C 2.45GHz, NVIDIA A100 80GB​, Infiniband HDR200 dual rail, DELL EMC
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
26,880 2.29 74 30.797
10 105 Athena - FormatServer THOR ERG21, AMD EPYC 7742 64C 2.25GHz, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB, Infiniband HDR, Format sp. z o.o.
Cyfronet
Poland
47,616 5.05 147 29.926