Re: [AMBER] pmemd.cuda DPDP performance on GTX480 vs C2050?

From: Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:50:26 -0700

Hi Sahsa

> has anyone compared performance of pmemd.cuda in DPDP mode on GTX480
> and
> C2050?
> Tesla cards are supposed to have a better double precision performance,
> but how much better in the event of an all-double pmemd code?
> Thanks for any info

I don't have a GTX480 so have not been able to compare the differences,
however, here are the numbers for C2050, I'd be interested to see the
difference.

FACTOR - IX

NVE 128x64x64 FFT
 Typical Production MD NVE with
 GOOD energy conservation.
 &cntrl
   ntx=5, irest=1,
   ntc=2, ntf=2, tol=0.000001,
   nstlim=10000,
   ntpr=1000, ntwx=1000,
   ntwr=10000,
   dt=0.002, cut=8.,
   ntt=0, ntb=1, ntp=0,
   ioutfm=1,
 /
 &ewald
  dsum_tol=0.000001,nfft1=128,nfft2=64,nfft3=64,

 /
                                                
                                                
                SPSP SPDP (Default) DPDP
Specs Time (s) NS/day Time (s) NS/day Time (s)
NS/day
8 proc N/A N/A 1034 1.671179884
GTX295 395.46 4.369594902 525.6 3.287671233 2469.18 0.699827473
C1060 366.25 4.718088737 492.84 3.506208912 2354.73 0.733842097
C2050 311.34 5.550202351 333.04 5.188565938 706.98 2.44419927




Myoglobin = 2492 atoms
                                                
&cntrl
  imin=0,irest=1,ntx=5,
  nstlim=10000,dt=0.002,ntb=0,
  ntf=2,ntc=2,tol=0.000001,
  ntpr=1000, ntwx=1000, ntwr=50000,

  cut=9999.0, rgbmax=15.0,
  igb=1,ntt=0,nscm=0,
/
                                                
                SPSP SPDP (Default) DPDP
Specs Time (s) NS/day Time (s) NS/day Time (s)
NS/day
8 proc N/A N/A 395.73 4.3666136
GTX295 39.62 43.61433619 64.99 26.58870595 3.0 Compiler bug
#VALUE!
C1060 37.79 45.72638264 61.94 27.89796577 3.0 Compiler bug
#VALUE!
C2050 31.39 55.04937878 34.6 49.94219653 155.7 11.0982659

All the best
Ross




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