PSTSWM Origin2000 Algorithm Comparison

Performance Studies using

PSTSWM

SGI/Cray Research Origin2000 Algorithm Comparison

(distributed LT experiment I-A )

Date/Person: May 8, 1998 / P. Worley
Platform: SGI Origin2000 at Los Alamos National Laboratory (nirvana11):
   128 195-MHz MIPS R10000 processors
Environment: IRIX 6.5
mpt_1.2.0.1
MIPSpro Compilers: Version MIPS pro_7.2
Code Version: 6.3
Compilation Options: f77 -64 -i4 -O3
Math Library: SCSL
Communication Library: MPI
SHMEM
Number of Timesteps: 12
Results:

Distributed LT (1) (mpi)
Algorithm Comparison
  T42L1     T21L2     T42L2     T85L2     T85L1     T85L4  
  P=32     P=16     P=8     P=32     P=16     P=8  
  optimal algorithm   halfsum  halfsum  ringpipe  ringpipe  ringpipe  ringpipe 
  (allreduce-min)/min     0.885    0.648    0.461    2.357    0.898    0.675 
  (generic-min)/min     0.968    0.409    0.206    0.269    0.263    0.176 

Distributed LT (1) (shmem)
Algorithm Comparison
  T42L1     T21L2     T42L2     T85L2     T85L1     T85L4  
  P=32     P=16     P=8     P=32     P=16     P=8  
  optimal algorithm   halfsum  halfsum  ringpipe  ringpipe  ringpipe  ringpipe 
  (generic-min)/min     0.838    0.605    0.382    0.785    0.610    0.348 

Distributed LT (1) (combined)
Communication Library Comparisons
  T42L1     T21L2     T42L2     T85L2     T85L1     T85L4  
  P=32     P=16     P=8     P=32     P=16     P=8  
  optimal library   shmem  shmem  shmem  shmem  mpi  mpi 
  (allreduce-min)/min     1.090    0.696    0.485    2.366    0.898    0.675 
  (mpi-min)/min     0.109    0.029    0.017    0.003    0.000    0.000 

Patrick H. Worley / ( worleyph@ornl.gov)
Last Modified Monday, 15-Jul-2002 10:06:11 EDT.