The World’s 10 Most Powerful Supercomputers

Ranked: The World’s 10 Most Powerful Supercomputers

 

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According to the latest supercomputer ranking from TOP500El Capitan is the world’s most powerful system, capable of achieving 1,742 petaflops.

In this graphic, we visualize the performance and power consumption of the world’s top 10 supercomputers.

Data and Key Takeaways

The data we used to create this graphic is listed in the table below. Figures come from TOP500’s November 2024 ranking.

Country

System

Manufacturer

Hardware supplier

Max Performance
(PFlop/s)

Power
(kW)

 US

El Capitan

HP Enterprise

AMD

1,742

29,581

 US

Frontier

HP Enterprise

AMD

1,353

24,607

 US

Aurora

HP Enterprise

Intel

1,012

38,698

 US

Eagle

Microsoft

Intel
NVIDIA

561

 Italy

HPC6

HP Enterprise

AMD

478

8,461

 Japan

Supercomputer
Fugaku

Fujitsu

Fujitsu

442

29,899

 Switzerland

Alps

HP Enterprise

NVIDIA

435

7,124

 Finland

LUMI

HP Enterprise

AMD

380

7,107

 Italy

Leonardo

EVIDEN

Intel
NVIDIA

241

7,494

 US

Tuolumne

HP Enterprise

AMD

208

3,387

These ranking highlights America’s position as a global leader in computing power. For instance, the top three supercomputers are located in the U.S., and all of them are classified as exascale systems.

This is a significant change from the 2021 ranking, in which Japan’s Supercomputer Fugaku held the top spot.

The winner of this year’s ranking is El Capitan, which became operational in 2024 and is the third exascale system deployed by the United States.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, El Capitan was manufactured by HP Enterprise Cray and features an unknown number of AMD Instict MI300A accelerated processing units (APUs).

What’s An Exascale Computer?

An exascale computer is capable of performing at least 1 exaflop (1 quintillion operations per second).

Note that in this ranking, performance is measured in petaflops (1 quadrillion). 1,000 petaflops is equal to 1 exaflop.

In realistic terms, exascale computers can handle massive datasets and solve problems at unprecedented speed. Use cases include:

·        Simulating molecular interactions

·        Predicting climate change

·        Advancing nuclear research

China’s Exascale Systems Remain a Mystery

Since 2021, reports have suggested that China does indeed have its own exascale systems, but is simply withholding information about them from global rankings such as the TOP500.

It’s a well known situation that China has these computers, and they have been operating for a while. They have not run the benchmarks, but [the community has] a general idea of their architectures and capabilities.
Jack Dongarra, co-founder of TOP500

China’s silence is likely related to its geopolitical strategy. Publicly announcing it has built its own exascale systems could result in further U.S. trade restrictions.

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