TOP500 List - November 1997

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 ASCI Red, Intel
Sandia National Laboratories
United States
9,152 1,338.00 1,830.40
2 T3E900, Cray/HPE
Government
United States
1,248 634.00 1,123.20
3 T3E900, Cray/HPE
United Kingdom Meteorological Office
United Kingdom
840 430.30 756.00
4 CP-PACS/2048, Hitachi/Tsukuba
Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Japan
2,048 368.20 614.40
5 T3E900, Cray/HPE
DOE/SC/LBNL/NERSC
United States
512 264.80 460.80
6 SR2201/1024, Hitachi
University of Tokyo
Japan
1,024 232.40 307.20
7 Numerical Wind Tunnel, Fujitsu
National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan
Japan
167 229.00 281.26 498
8 VPP700/116, Fujitsu
ECMWF
United Kingdom
116 213.00 255.20
9 T3E, Cray/HPE
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft MPI/IPP
Germany
672 196.00 403.20
10 T3E, Cray/HPE
Cray Research
United States
544 196.00 326.40
11 T3E, Cray/HPE
Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)
Germany
512 196.00 307.20
12 T3E, Cray/HPE
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
United States
512 196.00 307.20
13 T3E, Cray/HPE
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
United States
512 196.00 307.20
14 T3E, Cray/HPE
Universitaet Stuttgart
Germany
512 196.00 307.20
15 T3E900, Cray/HPE
ERDC DSRC
United States
312 166.28 280.80
16 T3E, Cray/HPE
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Germany
400 153.00 240.00
17 SP P2SC 120 MHz, IBM
DOE/SC/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
United States
472 151.80 226.56
18 XP/S140, Intel
Sandia National Laboratories
United States
3,680 143.40 184.00
19 T3E900, Cray/HPE
Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ)
Germany
256 138.70 230.40
20 T3E900, Cray/HPE
Minnesota Supercomputer Center
United States
256 138.70 230.40
21 T3E900, Cray/HPE
Naval Oceanographic Office - NAVO DSRC
United States
256 138.70 230.40
22 T3E900, Cray/HPE
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
256 138.70 230.40
23 T3E1200, Cray/HPE
Cray Research
United States
256 138.00 307.20
24 XP/S-MP 150, Intel
DOE/SC/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States
3,072 127.10 154.00
25 T3E750, Cray/HPE
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
France
280 125.00 210.00
26 SX-4/64, NEC
Atmospheric Environment Service (AES)
Canada
64 122.00 128.00
27 SX-4/64M2, NEC
Osaka University
Japan
64 122.00 128.00
28 VPP700/56, Fujitsu
Kyushu University
Japan
56 110.00 123.20
29 VPP500/80, Fujitsu
National Lab. for High Energy Physics
Japan
80 109.00 128.00
30 XP/S-MP 125, Intel
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Japan
2,502 103.50 125.10
31 T3E750, Cray/HPE
CSC (Center for Scientific Computing)
Finland
224 101.00 168.00
32 T3D MC1024-8, Cray/HPE
Government
United States
1,024 100.50 153.60
33 T3E, Cray/HPE
IDRIS
France
256 98.50 153.60
34 T3E, Cray/HPE
UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
United States
256 98.50 153.60
35 T3E, Cray/HPE
National Supercomputer Centre (NSC)
Sweden
216 83.47 129.60
36 SP P2SC 160 MHz, IBM
IBM
United States
256 83.37 163.84
37 SP P2SC 135 MHz, IBM
Air Force Research Laboratory
United States
256 83.37 138.24
38 SP P2SC 135 MHz, IBM
ERDC DSRC
United States
256 83.37 138.24
39 T3E900, Cray/HPE
ZIB/Konrad Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik
Germany
152 82.30 136.80
40 T3E, Cray/HPE
Government Agency
United States
200 77.46 120.00
41 VPP700/34, Fujitsu/SNI
Leibniz Rechenzentrum
Germany
34 71.10 74.80
42 SP2/402, IBM
Chip Manufacturer (B)
United States
402 69.33 106.93
43 T3E900, Cray/HPE
KISTI Supercomputing Center
South Korea
128 69.30 115.20
44 T3E, Cray/HPE
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
France
176 68.45 105.60
45 SP2/384, IBM
Maui High-Performance Computing Center (MHPCC)
United States
384 66.30 102.14
46 T3E, Cray/HPE
NRI for Earth Science and Disaster (NIED)
Japan
160 62.44 96.00
47 SX-4/32, NEC
HWW/Universitaet Stuttgart
Germany
32 61.70 64.00
48 SX-4/32, NEC
NEC Fuchu Plant
Japan
32 61.70 64.00
49 SX-4/32, NEC
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Japan
32 61.70 64.00
50 SX-4/32, NEC
Tohoku University
Japan
32 61.70 64.00
51 SX-4/32, NEC
Tohoku University
Japan
32 61.70 64.00
52 SX-4/32, NEC
Tohoku University
Japan
32 61.70 64.00
53 SX-4/32, NEC
Tohoku University
Japan
32 61.70 64.00
54 VPP500/42, Fujitsu
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Japan
42 59.60 67.20
55 VPP500/42, Fujitsu
Nagoya University
Japan
42 59.60 67.20
56 SR2201/256, Hitachi
Real World Computing (RWCP)
Japan
256 58.68 76.80
57 SP P2SC 160 MHz, IBM
UCSD/San Diego Supercomputer Center
United States
128 57.24 81.92
58 VPP500/40, Fujitsu
National Institute of Genetics
Japan
40 56.90 64.00
59 VPP500/40, Fujitsu
University of Tokyo/Institute for Solid State Physics
Japan
40 56.90 64.00
60 SP P2SC 120 MHz, IBM
Cornell Theory Center
United States
160 52.96 76.80
61 CM-5/896, Thinking Machines Corporation
Minnesota Supercomputer Center
United States
896 52.30 114.70
62 T3E900, Cray/HPE
University of Alaska - Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
United States
96 52.05 86.40
63 Exemplar X-Class, HPE
Caltech/JPL
United States
128 51.30 92.16
64 Exemplar X-Class, HPE
Hewlett-Packard CXTC
United States
128 51.30 92.16
65 SR2201/224, Hitachi
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
224 51.13 67.20
66 T3D MC512-8, Cray/HPE
Los Alamos National Laboratory
United States
512 50.80 76.80
67 T3D MC512-8, Cray/HPE
Network Computing Services, Inc.
United States
512 50.80 76.80
68 T3D MC512-8, Cray/HPE
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
United States
512 50.80 76.80
69 T3D MC512-8, Cray/HPE
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
512 50.80 76.80
70 SP P2SC 120 MHz, IBM
Chip Manufacturer (A)
United States
152 50.42 72.96
71 T3E, Cray/HPE
CINECA
Italy
128 50.40 76.80
72 T3E, Cray/HPE
Japan Adv. Inst. of Science and Technology (JAIST)
Japan
128 50.40 76.80
73 T3E, Cray/HPE
Ohio Supercomputer Center
United States
128 50.40 76.80
74 SX-4/25, NEC
National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan
Japan
25 48.30 50.00
75 VPP500/32, Fujitsu
The Angstrom Technology Partnership
Japan
32 46.10 51.20
76 SP2/256, IBM
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
256 44.20 68.09
77 SP2/256, IBM
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
United States
256 44.20 68.09
78 SP2/256, IBM
Scientific Supercomputing Center Karlsruhe
Germany
256 44.20 68.09
79 T3E900, Cray/HPE
The Scripps Research Institute
United States
80 43.42 72.00
80 VPP500/28, Fujitsu
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)
Japan
28 40.40 44.80
81 SX-4/20, NEC
Japan Marine Science and Technology
Japan
20 38.70 40.00
82 SX-4/20, NEC
National Research Institute for Metals
Japan
20 38.70 40.00
83 SX-4/20, NEC
Toyota Central Research & Development
Japan
20 38.70 40.00
84 T3E, Cray/HPE
NERSC/LBNL/Berkeley Labs
United States
96 37.80 57.60
85 T3E900, Cray/HPE
Phillips Petroleum Company
United States
64 34.80 57.60
86 T3E, Cray/HPE
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
88 34.60 52.80
87 VPP300/16, Fujitsu
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
Japan
16 34.10 35.20
88 VPP300/16, Fujitsu
Japan Science and Technology
Japan
16 34.10 35.20
89 VPP300/16, Fujitsu
Reactor & Nuclear Fuel Development
Japan
16 34.10 35.20
90 VPP300/16, Fujitsu/SNI
Scientific Supercomputing Center Karlsruhe
Germany
16 34.10 35.20
91 XP/S-MP 41, Intel
Air Force Research Laboratory
United States
816 33.70 40.80
92 SP P2SC 120 MHz, IBM
DOE/SC/Argonne National Laboratory
United States
94 32.05 45.12
93 T3E, Cray/HPE
Technical University Delft (TUD)
Netherlands
80 31.50 48.00
94 SX-4/16, NEC
Atmospheric Environment Service (AES)
Canada
16 31.10 32.00
95 SX-4/16, NEC
Danish Meteorological Institute
Denmark
16 31.10 32.00
96 SX-4/16, NEC
National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR)
Netherlands
16 31.10 32.00
97 SX-4/16, NEC
National Cardiovascular Center
Japan
16 31.10 32.00
98 SX-4/16, NEC
Swiss Scientific Computing Center (CSCS)
Switzerland
16 31.10 32.00
99 T932/321024, Cray/HPE
Government
United States
32 29.36 57.60
100 T932/321024, Cray/HPE
Government
United States
32 29.36 57.60