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Computational Chemistry Benchmarks - Nvidia

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Price/Performance relative to Supercomputer<br />

TeraChem<br />

Bang for the Buck<br />

600<br />

Performance/Price<br />

TeraChem running on 8 C2050s on 1 node<br />

NWChem running on 4096 Quad Core CPUs<br />

In the Chinook Supercomputer<br />

500<br />

400<br />

300<br />

493<br />

Giant Fullerene C240 Molecule<br />

Note: Typical CPU and GPU node pricing<br />

used. Pricing may vary depending on node<br />

configuration. Contact your preferred HW<br />

vendor for actual pricing.<br />

200<br />

100<br />

0<br />

1<br />

4096 Quad Core CPUs ($19,000,000) 8 C2050 ($31,000)<br />

Dollars spent on GPUs do 500x more science than those spent on CPUs

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