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Base and Plus configurations of Intel® Select Solutions for Simulation & Modeling
Ingredient |
Intel Select Solutions for Simulation & Modeling Base Configuration |
Intel Select Solutions for Simulation & Modeling Plus Configuration |
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Workload Domain (Minimum 4-Node Configuration) |
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Platform |
Dual-socket server platform |
Dual-socket server platform |
Processor |
2 × Intel® Xeon® Gold 6126 processor (2.60 GHz, 12 cores/24 threads), Intel® Xeon® Gold 6226 processor (2.7 GHz, 12 cores/24 threads), Intel® Xeon® Gold 6226R processor (2.90 GHz/16 cores/32 threads), or a higher model number Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor |
2 × Intel® Xeon® Gold 6148 processor (2.40 GHz, 20 cores/40 threads), Intel® Xeon® Gold 6252 processor (2.5 GHz, 12 cores/24 threads), Intel® Xeon® Gold 6248R processor (3.00 GHz, 24 cores, 48 threads), or a higher model number Intel Xeon Scalable processor |
Memory |
96 GB (12 × 8 GB 2,666-MHz 288-pin DDR4 RDIMM) 2 GB memory per processor core and all memory channels populated |
96 GB (12 × 8 GB 2,666-MHz 288-pin DDR4 RDIMM) 2 GB memory per processor core and all memory channels populated |
Local Storage |
1 × Intel® SSD DC S3520 Series or better, or Intel SSD DC P3520 Series or better** |
1 × Intel SSD DC S3520 Series or better, or Intel SSD DC P3520 Series or better** |
Messaging Fabric |
1 × Intel® Omni-Path Architecture (Intel® OPA), single-port Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 3.0 x16 adapter, 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) |
1 × Intel® OPA, single-port PCIe 3.0 x16 adapter, 100 Gbps |
Management Domain |
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Management Network |
Integrated 1 gigabit Ethernet (GbE)** |
Integrated 1 GbE** |
Software |
Linux* operating system Intel® Cluster Checker 2019 Cluster Management Software Stack** Intel® Omni-Path Fabric (Intel® OP Fabric) Software Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2018 Cluster Edition** |
Linux operating system Intel Cluster Checker 2019 Cluster Management Software Stack** Intel Omni-Path Fabric (Intel OP Fabric) Software Intel Parallel Studio XE 2018 Cluster Edition** |
Firmware and Software Optimizations |
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enabled Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled XPT prefetch enabled |
Intel HT Technology enabled Intel Turbo Boost Technology enabled XPT prefetch enabled |
Minimum Performance Standards Verified to meet or exceed the following minimum performance capabilities:1 |
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High Performance Linpack (HPL) (Across All Four Nodes) |
More than 5,200 gigaFLOPS per second (GFLOP/s) |
More than 7,700 GFLOP/s |
High Performance Conjugate Gradient (HPCG) (Across All Four Nodes) |
More than 118 GFLOP/s |
More than 127 GFLOP/s |
HPCG (On Each Node) |
More than 30.1 GFLOP/s |
More than 32 GFLOP/s |
DGEMM (On Each Node) |
More than 1,300 GFLOP/s |
More than 2,480 GFLOP/s |
STREAM (On Each Node) |
More than 150,000 MB per second (MB/s) |
More than 164,000 MB/s |
IMB PingPong (On Each Pair Of Nodes) |
More than 11,300 MB/s (bandwidth) Less than 1.80 microseconds (latency) |
More than 11,300 MB/s (bandwidth) Less than 1.80 microseconds (latency) |
Business Value of Choosing a Plus Configuration Over a Base Configuration |
Up to 54 percent higher GFLOP/s than the base configuration, as measured by the HPL benchmark.1 |
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| **Recommended, not required | ||