TOP500 List - November 2003

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

Rpeak values are calculated using the advertised clock rate of the CPU. For the efficiency of the systems you should take into account the Turbo CPU clock rate where it applies.

Rank System Cores Rmax (GFlop/s) Rpeak (GFlop/s) Power (kW)
1 Earth-Simulator, NEC
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Japan
5,120 35,860.00 40,960.00 3,200
2 ASCI Q - AlphaServer SC45, 1.25 GHz, HPE
Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States
8,192 13,880.00 20,480.00
3 X - 1100 Dual 2.0 GHz Apple G5/Mellanox Infiniband 4X/Cisco GigE, Self-made
Virginia Tech
United States
2,200 10,280.00 17,600.00
4 Tungsten - PowerEdge 1750, P4 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet, DELL EMC
NCSA
United States
2,500 9,819.00 15,300.00
5 Mpp2 - Cluster Platform 6000 rx2600 Itanium2 1.5 GHz, Quadrics, HPE
DOE/SC/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
United States
1,936 8,633.00 11,616.00
6 Lightning - Opteron 2 GHz, Myrinet, Linux Networx
Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States
2,816 8,051.00 11,264.00
7 MCR Linux Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Quadrics, Linux Networx/Quadrics
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
2,304 7,634.00 11,060.00
8 ASCI White, SP Power3 375 MHz, IBM
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
8,192 7,304.00 12,288.00
9 Seaborg - SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way, IBM
DOE/SC/LBNL/NERSC
United States
6,656 7,304.00 9,984.00
10 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Quadrics, IBM/Quadrics
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
1,920 6,586.00 9,216.00
11 PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 (1.3 GHz), Fujitsu
National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan
Japan
2,304 5,406.00 11,980.00
12 AlphaServer SC45, 1 GHz, HPE
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
United States
3,016 4,463.00 6,032.00
13 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3 GHz, IBM
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
United States
1,600 4,184.00 8,320.00
14 DeepComp 6800, Itanium2 1.3 GHz, QsNet, Lenovo
Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Science
China
1,024 4,183.00 5,324.80
15 AlphaServer SC45, 1 GHz, HPE
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
France
2,560 3,980.00 5,120.00
16 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
HPCx
United Kingdom
1,280 3,406.00 6,656.00
17 Aspen Systems, Dual Xeon 2.2 GHz - Myrinet2000, HPTi
Forecast Systems Laboratory - NOAA
United States
1,536 3,337.00 6,758.00
18 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC
United States
1,184 3,160.00 6,156.80
19 Cray X1, Cray/HPE
Cray Inc.
United States
252 2,932.90 3,225.60
20 Cray X1, Cray/HPE
DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
252 2,932.90 3,225.60
21 Cray X1, Cray/HPE
Government
United States
252 2,932.90 3,225.60
22 Nankai Star - xSeries Xeon 2.4 GHz, Myrinet, IBM
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
1,024 2,847.00 4,915.20
23 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
ECMWF
United Kingdom
960 2,560.00 4,992.00
24 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
ECMWF
United Kingdom
960 2,560.00 4,992.00
25 Cluster Platform 6000 rx5670-4x256, Itanium2 1.3 GHz, GigE, HPE
Energy Company (D)
United States
1,024 2,556.00 5,324.80
26 lonestar - PowerEdge 1750, Pentium4 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet, Dell-Cray
Texas Advanced Computing Center/Univ. of Texas
United States
600 2,455.00 3,672.00
27 ASCI Red, Intel
Sandia National Laboratories
United States
9,632 2,379.00 3,207.00
28 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
864 2,310.00 4,492.80
29 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
IBM
Canada
864 2,310.00 4,492.80
30 SuperMike - P4 Xeon 1.8 GHz - Myrinet, Atipa Technology
Louisiana State University
United States
1,024 2,207.00 3,686.40
31 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3 GHz, IBM
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/IPP
Germany
822 2,198.44 4,274.40
32 AlphaServer SC45, 1 GHz, HPE
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
United States
1,392 2,164.00 2,784.00
33 ASCI Blue-Pacific SST, IBM SP 604e, IBM
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
5,808 2,144.00 3,856.50
34 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
United States
800 2,140.00 4,160.00
35 TeraGrid, Itanium2 1.3 GHz, Myrinet, IBM
NCSA
United States
512 2,110.00 2,662.40
36 SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way, IBM
AWE
United Kingdom
1,920 2,106.00 2,880.00
37 SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way, IBM
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Germany
1,920 2,106.00 2,880.00
38 Joplin - PowerEdge 2650 Cluster P4 Xeon 2.4 GHz - Myrinet, DELL EMC
University at Buffalo, SUNY, Center for Computational Res.
United States
600 2,004.00 2,880.00
39 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
NOAA R&D/ National Centers for Environmental Prediction
United States
704 1,849.00 3,660.80
40 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
NOAA R&D/ National Centers for Environmental Prediction
United States
704 1,849.00 3,660.80
41 SGI Altix 1.3 GHz, HPE
SARA (Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum)
Netherlands
416 1,793.00 2,163.00
42 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.7 GHz, IBM
KISTI Supercomputing Center
South Korea
544 1,760.00 3,699.20
43 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
1,834 1,755.00 8,803.20
44 BladeCenter Cluster Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
WETA Digital
New Zealand
1,176 1,755.00 6,585.60
45 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
1,140 1,755.00 6,384.00
46 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
1,140 1,755.00 6,384.00
47 xSeries Cluster Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
Petroleum Geo-Services
United States
1,024 1,755.00 6,266.88
48 BladeCenter Cluster Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
WETA Digital
New Zealand
1,080 1,755.00 6,048.00
49 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
1,030 1,755.00 5,768.00
50 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
1,028 1,755.00 5,756.80
51 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
1,028 1,755.00 5,756.80
52 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG)
United Kingdom
1,100 1,755.00 5,280.00
53 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
Arizona State University/TGEN
United States
1,048 1,755.00 5,030.40
54 BladeCenter Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Paradigm Geophysical
United States
1,024 1,755.00 4,915.20
55 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
TotalFinaElf
France
1,024 1,755.00 4,915.20
56 Cluster Platform DL360G3, Pentium4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, Myrinet, HPE
Sandia National Laboratories
United States
512 1,750.00 2,867.00
57 Cluster Platform DL360G3, Pentium4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, Myrinet, HPE
Sandia National Laboratories
United States
512 1,750.00 2,867.00
58 glacier - BladeCenter Xeon 3.06 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Westgrid
Canada
1,008 1,731.92 6,168.96
59 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Geotrace
United States
1,000 1,720.38 5,600.00
60 SR8000/MPP, Hitachi
University of Tokyo
Japan
1,152 1,709.10 2,074.00
61 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
SG SGBI
France
968 1,674.23 4,646.40
62 xSeries Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet, IBM
CINECA
Italy
512 1,669.00 3,133.44
63 Sun Fire V60 2.8 GHz, IBM Netfinity 2 GHz, Myrinet, IBM, Sun, Myricom
University of Southern California
United States
870 1,661.00 4,056.00
64 SR8000-F1/168, Hitachi
Leibniz Rechenzentrum
Germany
168 1,653.00 2,016.00
65 ASCI Blue Mountain, HPE
Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States
6,144 1,608.00 3,072.00
66 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
GX Technology
United States
880 1,547.31 4,224.00
67 Vplant Cluster P4 XEON 2.4/2.0 GHz - Myrinet, DELL EMC
Sandia National Laboratories
United States
660 1,504.00 2,963.00
68 PowerEdge 2650 Cluster P4 Xeon 2.4 GHz/MSWindows - GigE, DELL EMC
Cornell Theory Center
United States
640 1,503.00 3,073.00
69 SX-6/192M24, NEC
DKRZ - Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum
Germany
192 1,484.00 1,536.00
70 PowerRACK-HX dual Xeon 2.4 GHz - SMC GigE, Self-made
University of Toronto
Canada
528 1,455.00 2,534.40
71 Cray X1, Cray/HPE
US Army HPC Research Center at NCS
United States
124 1,448.42 1,587.20
72 Cray X1, Cray/HPE
University of Alaska - Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
United States
124 1,448.42 1,587.20
73 BlueGene/L DD1 Prototype (0.5GHz PowerPC 440 w/Custom), IBM
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
United States
1,024 1,435.00 2,048.00
74 xSeries Cluster Xeon 3.06 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
Semiconductor Company (E)
United States
800 1,431.92 4,986.00
75 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
Verisign
United States
800 1,431.92 3,840.00
76 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.7 GHz GigEth, IBM
IBM
United States
384 1,424.00 2,611.20
77 Cluster Platform 6000 rx4640-4x136 Itanium2 1.3 GHz, GigE, HPE
Energy Company (D)
United States
544 1,418.00 2,828.80
78 SP Power3 375 MHz, IBM
Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC
United States
1,336 1,417.00 2,004.00
79 pSeries 690 Turbo 1.3GHz, IBM
CINECA
Italy
512 1,384.00 2,662.40
80 SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way, IBM
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
United States
1,260 1,382.00 1,890.00
81 SX-7/160M5, NEC
National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS)
Japan
160 1,378.00 1,412.80
82 DeepComp 1800 - P4 Xeon 2 GHz - Myrinet, Lenovo
Academy of Mathematics and System Science
China
512 1,297.00 2,048.00
83 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Geoscience (D)
Mexico
706 1,296.35 3,953.60
84 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Geoscience (D)
Mexico
706 1,296.35 3,953.60
85 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Geoscience (D)
Mexico
706 1,296.35 3,953.60
86 PowerEdge 650, 3.06 GHz, Gig Ethernet, DELL EMC
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
940 1,212.00 5,752.80
87 SP Power3 375 MHz 16 way, IBM
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
1,088 1,193.00 1,632.00
88 SX-5/128M8 3.2ns, NEC
Osaka University
Japan
128 1,192.00 1,280.00
89 SP Power3 375 MHz, IBM
NOAA R&D/ National Centers for Environmental Prediction
United States
1,104 1,179.00 1,656.00
90 xSeries Cluster Xeon 2.4 GHz - Gig-E, IBM
Public Sector
China
622 1,175.19 2,985.60
91 pSeries 690 1.1GHz, IBM
CSC (Center for Scientific Computing)
Finland
512 1,170.00 2,253.00
92 pSeries 690 1.1GHz, IBM
Florida State University
United States
512 1,170.00 2,253.00
93 Opteron 1.8 GHz, Gig Ethernet, Visual Technology
Doshisha University
Japan
512 1,169.00 1,843.20
94 T3E1200, Cray/HPE
Government
United States
1,900 1,166.00 2,280.00
95 T3E1200/900, Cray/HPE
ERDC DSRC
United States
1,792 1,166.00 1,999.00
96 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Semiconductor Company (C)
United States
602 1,146.35 3,371.20
97 xSeries Xeon 2.8 GHz, Gig-Ethernet, IBM
Semiconductor Company (D)
Israel
600 1,143.46 3,360.00
98 SGI Altix 1.5 GHz, HPE
DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
256 1,142.00 1,536.00
99 SGI Altix 1.3 GHz, HPE
CSAR at the University of Manchester
United Kingdom
256 1,142.00 1,331.20
100 SGI Altix 1.3 GHz, HPE
NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS
United States
256 1,142.00 1,331.20