Have you run the updated benchmark suite on 2080 yet?
On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 5:03 PM Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> So the bad news is that even the blower style cards, at least the ones
> I've tried from Zotac and PNY, suffer from the same overheating issues.
>
>
> http://www.pny.com/GeForce-RTX-2080-8GB-Blower?sku=VCG20808BLMPB&CURRENT_NAV_ID=0ced1441-b66e-42b4-b29e-58c173c8b6f2
> <
> http://www.pny.com/GeForce-RTX-2080-8GB-Blower?sku=VCG20808BLMPB&CURRENT_NAV_ID=0ced1441-b66e-42b4-b29e-58c173c8b6f2
> >
>
> Some of it comes from the fact the back of the card itself is actually
> blocked and the rest is from the fact that this Turing architecture just
> looks to be very inefficient from a power perspective and so these cards
> run really hot. I think that's partly why NVIDIA also upped the temperature
> limit for these cards from 83C to 87C.
>
> The good news is that it looks like one can get the blower style cards to
> behave in 4 and 8 way configs by engineering some modifications to the
> cooling system. The following is the benchmarks for a 2U x 4 RTX2080 box
> from Exxact with some custom modifications.
>
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance (4 independent runs at the same time)
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 751.76 seconds/ns = 114.93
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 757.96 seconds/ns = 113.99
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 756.00 seconds/ns = 114.29
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 746.54 seconds/ns = 115.73
>
> Compared what one sees with the stock cooling
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 761.27 seconds/ns = 113.49
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 676.54 seconds/ns = 127.71
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 649.64 seconds/ns = 133.00
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 441.83 seconds/ns = 195.55
>
> The temperature profiles look much better as well with the card fans
> staying under 60%.
>
> Sat Oct 6 20:59:28 2018
>
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | NVIDIA-SMI 410.57 Driver Version: 410.57
> |
>
> |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr.
> ECC |
> | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute
> M. |
>
> |===============================+======================+======================|
> | 0 GeForce RTX 2080 Off | 00000000:3B:00.0 Off |
> N/A |
> | 41% 75C P2 194W / 215W | 281MiB / 7952MiB | 93%
> Default |
>
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> | 1 GeForce RTX 2080 Off | 00000000:5E:00.0 Off |
> N/A |
> | 51% 83C P2 187W / 215W | 281MiB / 7952MiB | 93%
> Default |
>
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> | 2 GeForce RTX 2080 Off | 00000000:AF:00.0 Off |
> N/A |
> | 47% 81C P2 191W / 215W | 281MiB / 7952MiB | 94%
> Default |
>
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> | 3 GeForce RTX 2080 Off | 00000000:D8:00.0 Off |
> N/A |
> | 43% 76C P2 190W / 215W | 281MiB / 7952MiB | 93%
> Default |
>
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
>
> Similar modifications are working for 8 way GPU boxes with modified ducted
> cooling as well.
>
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 740.50 seconds/ns = 116.68
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 735.07 seconds/ns = 117.54
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 732.33 seconds/ns = 117.98
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 740.79 seconds/ns = 116.63
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 735.91 seconds/ns = 117.41
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 727.62 seconds/ns = 118.74
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 740.51 seconds/ns = 116.68
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 731.18 seconds/ns = 118.17
>
> I've included the full benchmark suite for an 8 way box with custom
> cooling below.
>
> So the good news is that there is at least have a solution for 2U and 4U
> rack mount systems. We are going to work on developing a solution for 4 GPU
> workstations as well next. So it looks like it will be possible to have 4
> and 8 way systems with 2080s. The same solution should work for 2080TIs as
> well. Exxact are now in the process of validating their cooling solution -
> running it through hundreds of cycles to make sure that it is reliable and
> they are comfortable warrantying 4 and 8 way 2080 and 2080TI systems with
> it.
>
> More info to follow on desktop solutions shortly.
>
> All the best
> Ross
>
> Full 8 x RTX2080, custom cooling, AMBER 18 benchmarks (provisional based
> on unoptimized code).
>
> JAC_PRODUCTION_NVE - 23,558 atoms PME 4fs
> -----------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 746.03 seconds/ns = 115.81
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 738.50 seconds/ns = 116.99
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 736.95 seconds/ns = 117.24
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 746.34 seconds/ns = 115.76
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 742.80 seconds/ns = 116.32
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 741.27 seconds/ns = 116.56
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 752.41 seconds/ns = 114.83
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 747.56 seconds/ns = 115.58
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 740.50 seconds/ns = 116.68
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 735.07 seconds/ns = 117.54
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 732.33 seconds/ns = 117.98
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 740.79 seconds/ns = 116.63
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 735.91 seconds/ns = 117.41
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 727.62 seconds/ns = 118.74
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 740.51 seconds/ns = 116.68
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 731.18 seconds/ns = 118.17
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 293.81 seconds/ns = 294.07
>
> JAC_PRODUCTION_NPT - 23,558 atoms PME 4fs
> -----------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 685.88 seconds/ns = 125.97
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 674.67 seconds/ns = 128.06
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 684.28 seconds/ns = 126.26
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 681.65 seconds/ns = 126.75
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 690.80 seconds/ns = 125.07
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 673.36 seconds/ns = 128.31
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 704.70 seconds/ns = 122.61
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 695.67 seconds/ns = 124.20
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 678.35 seconds/ns = 127.37
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 672.89 seconds/ns = 128.40
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 676.27 seconds/ns = 127.76
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 672.19 seconds/ns = 128.54
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 679.72 seconds/ns = 127.11
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 671.59 seconds/ns = 128.65
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 693.96 seconds/ns = 124.50
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 677.78 seconds/ns = 127.48
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 279.56 seconds/ns = 309.05
>
> JAC_PRODUCTION_NVE - 23,558 atoms PME 2fs
> -----------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 389.66 seconds/ns = 221.73
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 384.71 seconds/ns = 224.59
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 387.89 seconds/ns = 222.74
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 389.16 seconds/ns = 222.02
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 390.47 seconds/ns = 221.27
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 387.86 seconds/ns = 222.76
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 397.82 seconds/ns = 217.18
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 393.03 seconds/ns = 219.83
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 391.46 seconds/ns = 220.71
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 386.02 seconds/ns = 223.82
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 385.94 seconds/ns = 223.87
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 390.32 seconds/ns = 221.36
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 388.60 seconds/ns = 222.34
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 385.23 seconds/ns = 224.28
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 393.18 seconds/ns = 219.75
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 386.90 seconds/ns = 223.31
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 134.53 seconds/ns = 642.25
>
> JAC_PRODUCTION_NPT - 23,558 atoms PME 2fs
> -----------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 350.16 seconds/ns = 246.75
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 346.32 seconds/ns = 249.48
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 351.08 seconds/ns = 246.10
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 350.59 seconds/ns = 246.44
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 355.18 seconds/ns = 243.26
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 347.68 seconds/ns = 248.51
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 363.04 seconds/ns = 237.99
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 358.99 seconds/ns = 240.67
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 350.74 seconds/ns = 246.34
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 346.90 seconds/ns = 249.06
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 347.75 seconds/ns = 248.45
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 346.19 seconds/ns = 249.57
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 349.31 seconds/ns = 247.34
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 344.34 seconds/ns = 250.91
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 355.19 seconds/ns = 243.25
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 347.95 seconds/ns = 248.31
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 127.09 seconds/ns = 679.81
>
> FACTOR_IX_PRODUCTION_NVE - 90,906 atoms PME
> -------------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 130.56 seconds/ns = 661.75
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 129.90 seconds/ns = 665.15
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 129.49 seconds/ns = 667.21
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 130.94 seconds/ns = 659.84
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 127.92 seconds/ns = 675.41
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 130.37 seconds/ns = 662.73
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 130.11 seconds/ns = 664.05
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 131.02 seconds/ns = 659.42
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 128.70 seconds/ns = 671.31
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 129.89 seconds/ns = 665.17
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 128.84 seconds/ns = 670.59
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 128.47 seconds/ns = 672.55
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 129.99 seconds/ns = 664.68
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 129.69 seconds/ns = 666.21
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 131.34 seconds/ns = 657.84
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 128.03 seconds/ns = 674.83
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 40.02 seconds/ns = 2159.07
>
> FACTOR_IX_PRODUCTION_NPT - 90,906 atoms PME
> -------------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 121.37 seconds/ns = 711.88
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 120.97 seconds/ns = 714.23
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 120.10 seconds/ns = 719.41
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 121.36 seconds/ns = 711.92
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 121.04 seconds/ns = 713.82
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 121.58 seconds/ns = 710.64
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 119.98 seconds/ns = 720.10
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 121.99 seconds/ns = 708.25
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 120.80 seconds/ns = 715.24
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 120.36 seconds/ns = 717.83
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 119.14 seconds/ns = 725.18
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 120.51 seconds/ns = 716.96
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 120.38 seconds/ns = 717.71
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 118.56 seconds/ns = 728.76
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 121.09 seconds/ns = 713.54
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 118.88 seconds/ns = 726.80
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 37.35 seconds/ns = 2313.31
>
> CELLULOSE_PRODUCTION_NVE - 408,609 atoms PME
> --------------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.50 seconds/ns = 3260.14
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.35 seconds/ns = 3278.32
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.34 seconds/ns = 3279.82
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.50 seconds/ns = 3260.27
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.48 seconds/ns = 3263.39
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.47 seconds/ns = 3264.55
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.71 seconds/ns = 3234.66
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.61 seconds/ns = 3247.45
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.45 seconds/ns = 3266.38
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.27 seconds/ns = 3289.26
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.33 seconds/ns = 3281.14
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.50 seconds/ns = 3260.78
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.37 seconds/ns = 3276.69
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.35 seconds/ns = 3278.93
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.54 seconds/ns = 3254.91
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.31 seconds/ns = 3284.12
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 9.87 seconds/ns = 8752.51
>
> CELLULOSE_PRODUCTION_NPT - 408,609 atoms PME
> --------------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.91 seconds/ns = 3467.82
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.83 seconds/ns = 3479.78
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.76 seconds/ns = 3489.80
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.90 seconds/ns = 3470.09
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.87 seconds/ns = 3474.54
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.86 seconds/ns = 3475.68
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 25.12 seconds/ns = 3440.00
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.90 seconds/ns = 3470.55
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.72 seconds/ns = 3495.02
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.64 seconds/ns = 3506.48
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.74 seconds/ns = 3492.48
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.78 seconds/ns = 3486.64
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.84 seconds/ns = 3478.01
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.71 seconds/ns = 3497.10
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.87 seconds/ns = 3474.52
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.68 seconds/ns = 3500.98
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 9.39 seconds/ns = 9197.06
>
> STMV_PRODUCTION_NPT - 1,067,095 atoms PME
> -----------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.81 seconds/ns = 5465.66
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.70 seconds/ns = 5502.43
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.81 seconds/ns = 5466.32
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.80 seconds/ns = 5468.46
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.89 seconds/ns = 5437.10
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.73 seconds/ns = 5491.43
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 16.09 seconds/ns = 5370.90
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.95 seconds/ns = 5415.91
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.79 seconds/ns = 5470.36
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.74 seconds/ns = 5488.62
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.78 seconds/ns = 5473.78
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.74 seconds/ns = 5490.69
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.84 seconds/ns = 5454.22
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.67 seconds/ns = 5513.70
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 16.01 seconds/ns = 5395.54
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.80 seconds/ns = 5467.60
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 5.54 seconds/ns = 15605.90
>
> TRPCAGE_PRODUCTION - 304 atoms GB
> ---------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1132.06 seconds/ns = 76.32
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1118.26 seconds/ns = 77.26
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1095.00 seconds/ns = 78.90
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1151.93 seconds/ns = 75.00
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1110.95 seconds/ns = 77.77
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1132.09 seconds/ns = 76.32
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1115.33 seconds/ns = 77.47
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1163.87 seconds/ns = 74.24
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1059.02 seconds/ns = 81.59
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1068.63 seconds/ns = 80.85
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1068.58 seconds/ns = 80.86
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1112.72 seconds/ns = 77.65
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1103.23 seconds/ns = 78.32
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1127.52 seconds/ns = 76.63
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1105.55 seconds/ns = 78.15
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1127.24 seconds/ns = 76.65
>
> MYOGLOBIN_PRODUCTION - 2,492 atoms GB
> -------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 475.00 seconds/ns = 181.90
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 463.83 seconds/ns = 186.27
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 449.39 seconds/ns = 192.26
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 480.88 seconds/ns = 179.67
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 455.23 seconds/ns = 189.80
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 452.17 seconds/ns = 191.08
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 465.24 seconds/ns = 185.71
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 492.00 seconds/ns = 175.61
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 463.47 seconds/ns = 186.42
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 459.21 seconds/ns = 188.15
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 478.18 seconds/ns = 180.68
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 454.72 seconds/ns = 190.01
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 451.66 seconds/ns = 191.29
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 470.24 seconds/ns = 183.74
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 491.28 seconds/ns = 175.87
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 465.40 seconds/ns = 185.65
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 322.11 seconds/ns = 268.23
>
> NUCLEOSOME_PRODUCTION - 25,095 atoms GB
> ---------------------------------------
>
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.79 seconds/ns = 8005.01
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.79 seconds/ns = 8009.92
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.83 seconds/ns = 7979.11
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.83 seconds/ns = 7974.37
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.90 seconds/ns = 7927.45
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.81 seconds/ns = 7992.27
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 11.08 seconds/ns = 7800.67
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.90 seconds/ns = 7923.23
> Multiple Single GPU Run Performance
> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.81 seconds/ns = 7994.29
> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.83 seconds/ns = 7979.59
> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.81 seconds/ns = 7995.05
> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.86 seconds/ns = 7956.97
> [4] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.83 seconds/ns = 7974.77
> [5] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.79 seconds/ns = 8004.61
> [6] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 11.07 seconds/ns = 7807.26
> [7] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.83 seconds/ns = 7975.91
> P2P 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 17.69 seconds/ns = 4883.43
> P2P 4 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.90 seconds/ns = 3211.48
> P2P 8 x GPU: | ns/day = 34.05 seconds/ns = 2537.16
> Multiple 2xGPU Run Performance
> [0,1] 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 17.75 seconds/ns =
> 4867.76
> [2,3] 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 18.27 seconds/ns =
> 4728.22
> [4,5] 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 17.18 seconds/ns =
> 5030.17
> [6,7] 2 x GPU: | ns/day = 18.26 seconds/ns =
> 4730.82
>
>
> > On Oct 5, 2018, at 09:39, Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Marek,
> >
> > My expectation for 2080TI is ~25 to 30% over 1080TI. I should have some
> firm numbers in about 2 to 3 weeks. Note the cooling design is the same so
> the founders/reference design cards will have the same issues with multiple
> cards in a box as the RTX2080 and will need custom cooling solutions.
> >
> > In terms of performance per dollar things do not look good due to
> NVIDIA's price inflation. You are looking at a 70+% increase in price for a
> ~30% increase in performance, an increase one historically has always got
> for free with each new generation of hardware so I would not exactly call
> the RTX2080TI a technological improvement over the 1080TI. In real terms it
> is a step backwards by around 4 years.
> >
> > All the best
> > Ross
> >
> >> On Oct 5, 2018, at 09:17, Marek Maly <marek.maly.ujep.cz> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Ross,
> >>
> >> thanks a lot for this first RTX2080/Amber18 tests and important
> technical comments.
> >>
> >> I think that your "1080Ti vs 2080/Amber18" results are rather in good
> agreement
> >> with comparison of these two GPUs on
> >>
> >> https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
> >>
> >> But what I really look forward to (also because we are planning some
> HW updates ...) are Amber18 benchmarks with "RTX 2080 Ti", where seems to
> be higher difference comparing to 1080 Ti and also lets hope that in this
> actual "GTX Top model" will be also cooling a bit more satisfying...
> >>
> >> When do you think could be "2080 Ti/Amber18" provisional benchmarks
> available ?
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >>
> >> Marek
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dne Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:32:07 +0200 Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
> napsal/-a:
> >>
> >>> TLDNR: NVIDIA RTX2080 works with AMBER 18, gives the correct answers
> in provisional tests and gets performance equivalent to a 1080TI as long as
> you don't put more than 2 in a box without some kind of custom cooling
> solution. NVIDIA price inflation is alive and kicking so perf per dollar is
> down ~15%.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dear Amberites
> >>>
> >>> I have finally managed to get my hands on some reference design
> RTX2080 GPUs (another month or so for 2080TI) and had a chance to test them
> with AMBER 18. First impressions are that the reference design cooler for
> the RTX series is crap.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Unless there is a big space (at least 1 PCI-E unit, but ideally 2)
> between cards then the cards massively overheat, even when running their
> fans at 100% which causes them to significantly downclock. The following is
> an example with 4 cards running at once:
> >>>
> >>> Thu Oct 4 21:08:08 2018
> >>>
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> >>> | NVIDIA-SMI 410.57 Driver Version: 410.57
> |
> >>>
> |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> >>> | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile
> Uncorr. ECC |
> >>> | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util
> Compute M. |
> >>>
> |===============================+======================+======================|
> >>> | 0 GeForce RTX 2080 On | 00000000:19:00.0 Off |
> N/A |
> >>> | 42% 76C P2 178W / 215W | 281MiB / 7952MiB | 95%
> Default |
> >>>
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> >>> | 1 GeForce RTX 2080 On | 00000000:1A:00.0 Off |
> N/A |
> >>> | 90% 87C P2 112W / 215W | 281MiB / 7952MiB | 96%
> Default |
> >>>
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> >>> | 2 GeForce RTX 2080 On | 00000000:67:00.0 Off |
> N/A |
> >>> | 93% 87C P2 100W / 215W | 281MiB / 7952MiB | 96%
> Default |
> >>>
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> >>> | 3 GeForce RTX 2080 On | 00000000:68:00.0 Off |
> N/A |
> >>> |100% 87C P2 74W / 215W | 281MiB / 7951MiB | 97%
> Default |
> >>>
> +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
> >>> Note the top card runs well maintaining 76C at 178W with the fan at
> just 42%. The remaining cards are close to 100% fan speed, thermal limited
> at 87C and only drawing ~100W. That means they have clocked down
> significantly and are still overheating. I am working with Exxact to
> engineer a solution and I am confident we can get these working in 4 and
> 8xGPU configs but for the time being if you are building your own stock
> machines do not put more than 2 of these in a box and make sure you space
> them out. PNY are going to make more traditional blower design versions of
> the RTX GPUs which hopefully will not have this cooling issue. I should
> have a chance to test some of those in a few weeks.
> >>>
> >>> The good news is the AMBER 18 test cases, and the validation suites I
> have, all pass. Performance of the RTX2080 is on par (as long as you have
> the cards spaced out or have an auxiliary cooling solution), with the
> 1080TI, which is what history, and ratio'ing the flop counts, would have us
> expect.
> >>>
> >>> Note these are provisional numbers for the 2080. Performance may
> improve some once optimizations for the SM7.5 hardware have been made
> although I wouldn't expect any miracles.
> >>>
> >>> JAC_PRODUCTION_NVE - 23,558 atoms PME 4fs
> >>> -----------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 761.01 seconds/ns =
> 113.53
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 776.83 seconds/ns =
> 111.22
> >>>
> >>> JAC_PRODUCTION_NPT - 23,558 atoms PME 4fs
> >>> -----------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 713.93 seconds/ns =
> 121.02
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 733.55 seconds/ns =
> 117.78
> >>>
> >>> JAC_PRODUCTION_NVE - 23,558 atoms PME 2fs
> >>> -----------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 399.97 seconds/ns =
> 216.02
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 409.26 seconds/ns =
> 211.11
> >>>
> >>> JAC_PRODUCTION_NPT - 23,558 atoms PME 2fs
> >>> -----------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 367.69 seconds/ns =
> 234.98
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 377.10 seconds/ns =
> 229.12
> >>>
> >>> FACTOR_IX_PRODUCTION_NVE - 90,906 atoms PME
> >>> -------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 130.48 seconds/ns =
> 662.19
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 121.95 seconds/ns =
> 708.48
> >>>
> >>> FACTOR_IX_PRODUCTION_NPT - 90,906 atoms PME
> >>> -------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 123.86 seconds/ns =
> 697.55
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 113.46 seconds/ns =
> 761.48
> >>>
> >>> CELLULOSE_PRODUCTION_NVE - 408,609 atoms PME
> >>> --------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.73 seconds/ns =
> 3232.72
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 26.14 seconds/ns =
> 3305.84
> >>>
> >>> CELLULOSE_PRODUCTION_NPT - 408,609 atoms PME
> >>> --------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 25.30 seconds/ns =
> 3414.99
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 24.72 seconds/ns =
> 3495.08
> >>>
> >>> STMV_PRODUCTION_NPT - 1,067,095 atoms PME
> >>> -----------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 16.17 seconds/ns =
> 5344.36
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 15.09 seconds/ns =
> 5727.20
> >>>
> >>> TRPCAGE_PRODUCTION - 304 atoms GB
> >>> ---------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1191.46 seconds/ns =
> 72.52
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 1301.05 seconds/ns =
> 66.41
> >>>
> >>> MYOGLOBIN_PRODUCTION - 2,492 atoms GB
> >>> -------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 490.54 seconds/ns =
> 176.13
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 448.95 seconds/ns =
> 192.45
> >>>
> >>> NUCLEOSOME_PRODUCTION - 25,095 atoms GB
> >>> ---------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 2080 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.89 seconds/ns =
> 7935.83
> >>> 1080TI 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 10.14 seconds/ns =
> 8520.32
> >>>
> >>> Note if you compare against 4 GPUs with no additional cooling the
> clocking down of the 2080s is obvious.
> >>>
> >>> JAC_PRODUCTION_NVE - 23,558 atoms PME 4fs - Runnin 4 independent
> calculations at once.
> >>>
> >>> 2080
> >>> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 761.27 seconds/ns =
> 113.49
> >>> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 676.54 seconds/ns =
> 127.71
> >>> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 649.64 seconds/ns =
> 133.00
> >>> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 441.83 seconds/ns =
> 195.55
> >>>
> >>> 1080TI
> >>> [0] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 776.57 seconds/ns =
> 111.26
> >>> [1] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 779.75 seconds/ns =
> 110.81
> >>> [2] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 773.42 seconds/ns =
> 111.71
> >>> [3] 1 x GPU: | ns/day = 747.29 seconds/ns =
> 115.62
> >>>
> >>> So in summary:
> >>>
> >>> 2080 works with AMBER 18, gives the correct answers in provisional
> tests and gets performance equivalent to a 1080TI as long as you don't put
> more than 2 in a box without some kind of custom cooling solution.
> >>>
> >>> Of course this is 'modern' NVIDIA so price inflation is the name of
> the game so while the performance matches the performance per dollar is
> significantly worse. 1080TI Founders MSRP was $699, 2080 Founders MSRP is
> $799 so performance per $ has decreased approximately 15%.
> >>>
> >>> All the best
> >>> Ross
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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