256 Core AMD Opteron, 1 Terabyte RAM Tests by Michael Larabel on PTS. 256 Core AMD + 1TB RAM: Processor: 32 x AMD Opteron 6380 @ 2.50GHz (256 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8QGL, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 1032192MB, Disk: 2 x 256GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS 6.4, Kernel: 3.10.10-advanced+ (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313 + Open64 4.5.2.1 + PGI C-C++ Workstation, File-System: nfs Comparison test: Processor: Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DP55KG, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 840 + 5 x 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FYYS-0 + 4001GB My Book 1230, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: NEC LCD1560V, Network: Intel 82578DC Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4 Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better 256 Core AMD + 1TB RAM . 57.74 |=============================================== Comparison test ........ 34.12 |============================ FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 256 Core AMD + 1TB RAM . 2139.33 |====================== Comparison test ........ 4465.12 |============================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better 256 Core AMD + 1TB RAM . 27.79 |=============================================== Comparison test ........ 16.35 |============================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better 256 Core AMD + 1TB RAM . 46.41 |=============================================== Comparison test ........ 8.60 |========= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 256 Core AMD + 1TB RAM . 418.39 |============== Comparison test ........ 1393.59 |=============================================