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Top500 List - November 2008

R_max and R_peak values are in TFlops. For more details about other fields, check the TOP500 description.

Rank	Site	System	Cores	Rmax (TFlop/s)	Rpeak (TFlop/s)	Power (kW)
1	DOE/NNSA/LANL United States	Roadrunner - BladeCenter QS22/LS21 Cluster, PowerXCell 8i 3.2 Ghz / Opteron DC 1.8 GHz, Voltaire Infiniband IBM	129600	1105.0	1456.7	2483
2	DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States	Jaguar - Cray XT5 QC 2.3 GHz Cray Inc.	150152	1059.0	1381.4	6950
3	NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS United States	Pleiades - SGI Altix ICE 8200EX, Xeon QC 3.0/2.66 GHz SGI	51200	487.0	608.8	2090
4	DOE/NNSA/LLNL United States	BlueGene/L - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	212992	478.2	596.4	2329
5	National Institute for Computational Sciences/University of Tennessee United States	Kraken XT5 - Cray XT5 QC 2.3 GHz Cray Inc.	66000	463.3	607.2
6	DOE/SC/Argonne National Laboratory United States	Intrepid - Blue Gene/P Solution IBM	163840	450.3	557.1	1260
7	Texas Advanced Computing Center/Univ. of Texas United States	Ranger - SunBlade x6420, Opteron QC 2.3 Ghz, Infiniband Oracle	62976	433.2	579.4	2000
8	DOE/SC/LBNL/NERSC United States	Franklin - Cray XT4 QuadCore 2.3 GHz Cray Inc.	38642	266.3	355.5	1150
9	DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States	Jaguar - Cray XT4 QuadCore 2.1 GHz Cray Inc.	30976	205.0	260.2	1580
10	NNSA/Sandia National Laboratories United States	Red Storm - Sandia/ Cray Red Storm, XT3/4, 2.4/2.2 GHz dual/quad core Cray Inc.	38208	204.2	284.0	2506
11	Shanghai Supercomputer Center China	Magic Cube - Dawning 5000A, QC Opteron 1.9 Ghz, Infiniband, Windows HPC 2008 Dawning	30720	180.6	233.5
12	Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) Germany	JUGENE - Blue Gene/P Solution IBM	65536	180.0	222.8	504
13	New Mexico Computing Applications Center (NMCAC) United States	Encanto - SGI Altix ICE 8200, Xeon quad core 3.0 GHz SGI	14336	133.2	172.0	861
14	Computational Research Laboratories, TATA SONS India	EKA - Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 53xx 3GHz, Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	14384	132.8	172.6	786
15	Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif - Centre Informatique National de l'Enseignement Suprieur (GENCI-CINES) France	Jade - SGI Altix ICE 8200EX, Xeon quad core 3.0 GHz SGI	12288	128.4	146.7	608
16	National Institute for Computational Sciences/University of Tennessee United States	Athena - Cray XT4 QuadCore 2.3 GHz Cray Inc.	17956	125.1	165.2	888
17	IDRIS France	Blue Gene/P Solution IBM	40960	112.5	139.3	315
18	Total Exploration Production France	SGI Altix ICE 8200EX, Xeon quad core 3.0 GHz SGI	10240	106.1	122.9	442
19	Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Science China	DeepComp 7000, HS21/x3950 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz/2.93 GHz, Infiniband Lenovo	12216	102.8	146.0
20	Government Agency Sweden	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 53xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	13728	102.8	146.4
21	DOE/SC/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory United States	Chinook - Cluster Platform 4000 DL185G5, Opteron QC 2.2 GHz, Infiniband DDR Hewlett-Packard	18176	97.1	159.9
22	ECMWF United Kingdom	Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	8320	93.0	156.4	1329
23	IBM/ECMWF United States	Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	8288	93.0	155.8	1329
24	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/IPP Germany	VIP - Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	6720	93.0	126.3	1073
25	EDF R&D France	Frontier2 BG/L - Blue Gene/P Solution IBM	32768	93.0	111.4	252
26	IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center United States	BGW - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	40960	91.3	114.7	448
27	Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC United States	Cray XT5 QC 2.3 GHz Cray Inc.	12733	90.8	117.1	588
28	Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo Japan	T2K Open Supercomputer (Todai Combined Cluster) - Hitachi Cluster Opteron QC 2.3 GHz, Myrinet 10G Hitachi	12288	83.0	113.0	638
29	Stony Brook/BNL, New York Center for Computational Sciences United States	New York Blue - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	36864	82.2	103.2	403
30	GSIC Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan	TSUBAME Grid Cluster with CompView TSUBASA - Sun Fire x4600/x6250, Opteron 2.4/2.6 GHz, Xeon E5440 2.833 GHz, ClearSpeed CSX600, nVidia GT200; Voltaire Infiniband NEC/Sun	30976	77.5	161.8
31	US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) United States	Cray XT5 QC 2.3 GHz Cray Inc.	10400	76.8	95.7	481
32	CSC (Center for Scientific Computing) Finland	Cray XT5/XT4 QC 2.3 GHz Cray Inc.	10816	76.5	99.5	515
33	Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba Japan	T2K Open Supercomputer - Appro Xtreme-X3 Server - Quad Opteron Quad Core 2.3 GHz, Infiniband Appro International	10000	76.5	92.0	671
34	DOE/NNSA/LLNL United States	ASC Purple - eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz IBM	12208	75.8	92.8	1992
35	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations United States	eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	32768	73.0	91.8	358
36	Joint Supercomputer Center Russia	MVS-100K - Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c/BL2x220, Xeon 54xx 3 Ghz, Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	7920	71.3	95.0	327
37	National Centers for Environment Prediction United States	Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	4992	69.7	93.8	797
38	NCSA United States	Abe - PowerEdge 1955, 2.33 GHz, Infiniband, Windows Server 2008/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Dell	9600	68.5	89.6
39	Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC United States	Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	4896	68.4	92.0	782
40	NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS United States	Columbia - SGI Altix 1.5/1.6/1.66 GHz, Voltaire Infiniband SGI	13824	66.6	82.9
41	Barcelona Supercomputing Center Spain	MareNostrum - BladeCenter JS21 Cluster, PPC 970, 2.3 GHz, Myrinet IBM	10240	63.8	94.2
42	DOE/NNSA/LANL United States	Cerrillos - BladeCenter QS22/LS21 Cluster, PowerXCell 8i 3.2 Ghz / Opteron DC 1.8 GHz, Infiniband IBM	7200	63.2	80.9	138
43	IBM Poughkeepsie Benchmarking Center United States	BladeCenter QS22/LS21 Cluster, PowerXCell 8i 3.2 Ghz / Opteron DC 1.8 GHz, Infiniband IBM	7200	63.2	80.9	138
44	NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) United States	bluefire - Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	4064	57.7	76.4	649
45	Leibniz Rechenzentrum Germany	HLRB-II - Altix 4700 1.6 GHz SGI	9728	56.5	62.3	990
46	ERDC DSRC United States	Jade - Cray XT4 QuadCore 2.1 GHz Cray Inc.	8464	56.2	71.1	418
47	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	HECToR - Cray XT4, 2.8 GHz Cray Inc.	11328	54.6	63.4
48	NNSA/Sandia National Laboratories United States	Thunderbird - PowerEdge 1850, 3.6 GHz, Infiniband Dell	9024	53.0	65.0
49	Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) France	Tera-10 - NovaScale 5160, Itanium2 1.6 GHz, Quadrics Bull SA	9968	52.8	63.8
50	Air Force Research Laboratory - ARFL DSRC United States	Hawk - Altix 4700 1.6 GHz SGI	9216	51.4	59.0
51	IDRIS France	Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	3584	50.6	67.4	572
52	Kyoto University Japan	T2K Open Supercomputer/Kyodai - Fujitsu Cluster HX600, Opteron Quad Core, 2.3 GHz, Infiniband Fujitsu	6656	50.5	61.2
53	SARA (Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum) Netherlands	Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	3328	48.9	62.6	531
54	SciNet/University of Toronto/Compute Canada Canada	Power 575, p6 4.7 GHz, Infiniband IBM	3328	48.9	62.6	531
55	Moscow State University - Research Computing Center Russia	SKIF MSU - T-Platforms T60, Intel Quadcore 3Ghz, Infiniband DDR SKIF/T-Platforms	5000	47.2	60.0	265
56	National Supercomputer Centre (NSC) Sweden	Neolith - Cluster Platform 3000 DL140 Cluster, Xeon 53xx 2.33GHz Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	6440	47.0	60.0
57	IBM - Rochester United States	Blue Gene/P Solution IBM	16384	46.8	55.7	126
58	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/IPP Germany	Genius - Blue Gene/P Solution IBM	16384	46.8	55.7	126
59	Texas Advanced Computing Center/Univ. of Texas United States	Lonestar - PowerEdge 1955, 2.66 GHz, Infiniband Dell	5848	46.7	62.2
60	HPC2N - Umea University Sweden	Akka - BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.5 GHz, IB, Windows HPC 2008/CentOS IBM	5376	46.0	53.8	173
61	Clemson University United States	Palmetto - PowerEdge 1950/SunFire X2200 Cluster Intel 53xx/54xx 2.33Ghz, Opteron 2.3 Ghz, Myrinet 10G Dell/Oracle	6120	45.6	56.5	285
62	University of Southern California United States	HPC - PowerEdge 1950/SunFire X2200 Cluster Intel 53xx 2.33Ghz, Opteron 2.3 Ghz, Myrinet 10G Dell/Oracle	6120	44.2	56.3
63	Maui High-Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) United States	Jaws - PowerEdge 1955, 3.0 GHz, Infiniband Dell	5200	42.4	62.4
64	Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) France	CEA-CCRT-Platine - Novascale 3045, Itanium2 1.6 GHz, Infiniband Bull SA	7680	42.1	49.2
65	US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) United States	Michael J. Muuss Cluster (MJM) - Evolocity II (LS Supersystem) Xeon 51xx 3.0 GHz IB Linux Networx	4416	40.6	53.0
66	University of Bergen Norway	Cray XT4 QuadCore 2.3 GHz Cray Inc.	5550	40.6	51.1	274
67	R-Systems United States	R Smarr - Dell DCS CS23-SH, QC HT 2.8 GHz, Infiniband Dell	4608	39.6	51.6
68	Gdansk University of Technology, CI Task Poland	Galera - ACTION Cluster Xeon E5345 Infiniband ACTION	5336	38.2	49.7
69	Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) India	"PARAM Yuva" Cluster - PARAMcluster, Xeon 73xx 2.93 Ghz, Infiniband Hewlett-Packard	4608	37.8	54.0
70	Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ) Germany	JUBL - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	16384	37.3	45.9	179
71	Engineering Company Germany	Cluster Platform 4000 BL465c, Opteron QC 2.3GHz, Infniband DDR Hewlett-Packard	5120	37.2	48.3
72	Turboinstitute Slovenia	BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 3 GHz, Infiniband IBM	4096	36.8	49.2	162
73	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States	Atlas - Appro Xtreme Server - Quad Opteron Dual Core 2.4GHz Infiniband Appro International	9216	36.6	44.2
74	Japan Agency for Marine -Earth Science and Technology Japan	Earth-Simulator NEC	5120	35.9	41.0	3200
75	ERDC DSRC United States	Sapphire - Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz dual Core Cray Inc.	8192	35.2	42.6
76	ASTRON/University Groningen Netherlands	Blue Gene/P Solution IBM	12288	35.1	41.8	94
77	Louisiana Optical Network Initiative United States	Queen Bee - PowerEdge 1950, 2.33 GHz, Infiniband Dell	5440	34.8	50.8
78	Atomic Weapons Establishment United Kingdom	Cray XT3, 2.6 GHz dual Core Cray Inc.	7812	33.9	40.6
79	IT Service Provider United States	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 54xx 3.0GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	5216	33.3	62.6
80	Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/Albert-Einstein-Institut Germany	ATLAS - Pyramid Cluster Xeon QC 32xx 2.4 GHz, GigEthernet Pyramid Computer	5420	32.8	52.0	201
81	Harvard University - FAS Research Computing United States	Odyssey - PowerEdge M600 Cluster, Xeon E5410 2.3Ghz, Infiniband Dell	4096	32.4	38.2
82	University of Tromso Norway	Stallo - Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 53xx 2.66GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	5632	31.9	59.9
83	Arizona State University HPCI / Translational Genomics Research Institute HPBC United States	Saguaro 2 - PowerEdge M100e/M600, E54xx/X5355 2.83/2.66 GHz, Infiniband Dell	4200	30.1	44.7
84	Logistic Services (E) United States	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 54xx 3.0GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	4584	29.4	55.0	510
85	HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart Germany	BladeCenter HS21 Cluster, Xeon QC HT 2.83 GHz, Infiniband IBM	3424	29.3	38.8	134
86	Geophysics Company Switzerland	Seis-3 - Dalco r2164i Cluster, X54xx 3.0 Ghz, Quadrics DALCO AG Switzerland	2880	29.0	34.6
87	University of Bristol United Kingdom	BlueCrystal - xSeries x3450 Cluster Xeon quad core, 2.8 GHz, Infiniband ClusterVision/IBM	3360	28.8	37.6	135
88	University of North Carolina United States	Topsail - PowerEdge 1955, 2.33 GHz, Cisco/Topspin Infiniband Dell	4160	28.8	38.8
89	Semiconductor Company (P) United States	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband DDR Hewlett-Packard	3456	28.4	36.9
90	Semiconductor Company (P) United States	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 51xx 2.66GHz, Infiniband DDR Hewlett-Packard	3456	28.4	36.9
91	University of Oklahoma United States	PowerEdge 1950, Xeon E54xx, 2 GHz, Infiniband Dell	4176	28.0	33.4
92	Intel Corporation SCTO HPC United States	Intel-SCTO-HPC2A - Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 54xx 3.0GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	5184	27.7	62.2
93	Telecommunication Company China	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon E54xx 2.33 GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	5584	27.7	52.0
94	ASTRON/University Groningen Netherlands	Stella - eServer Blue Gene Solution IBM	12288	27.4	34.4	134
95	IT Service Provider United States	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 54xx 3.0GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	4280	27.4	51.4
96	IT Service Provider United States	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 54xx 3.0GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	4280	27.4	51.4
97	IT Service Provider United States	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 54xx 3.0GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	4280	27.4	51.4
98	IT Service Provider United States	Cluster Platform 3000 BL460c, Xeon 54xx 3.0GHz, GigEthernet Hewlett-Packard	4280	27.4	51.4
99	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States	Minos - Appro Xtreme Server - Quad Opteron Dual Core 2.4GHz Infiniband Appro International	6912	27.4	33.2
100	Clemson University Computational Center for Mobility Systems United States	Arev - SunBlade x6250, Xeon L5420 2.5GHz, Infiniband DDR Oracle	3440	27.4	34.4