By: EBFE (x.delete@this.y.com), July 25, 2012 9:33 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Adrian (a.delete@this.acm.org) on July 25, 2012 4:39 am wrote:
> David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on July 25, 2012 1:37 am
> wrote:
> > New computational efficiency data shows GPUs with a clear edge over
> CPUs, but
> > the gap is narrowing as CPUs adopt wide vectors (e.g. AVX).
> Surprisingly, a
> > throughput CPU is the most energy efficient processor,
> offering hope for future
> > architectures. Our data also shows some
> advantages of AMD's Bulldozer, and the
> > overhead associated with highly
> scalable server CPUs.
> >
> > Comments and feedback
> > welcome!
> >
>
> > David
>
> The value for Gflops/W that appears in your charts implies that
> the fastest NVIDIA Fermi cards @ 665 DP Gflops are 225 W PCI-E cards (not, e.g.,
> 300 W cards).
>
> Is that correct? I could not find any mention about their power
> consumption in the NVIDIA web site.
>
>
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_product_literature.html
> David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on July 25, 2012 1:37 am
> wrote:
> > New computational efficiency data shows GPUs with a clear edge over
> CPUs, but
> > the gap is narrowing as CPUs adopt wide vectors (e.g. AVX).
> Surprisingly, a
> > throughput CPU is the most energy efficient processor,
> offering hope for future
> > architectures. Our data also shows some
> advantages of AMD's Bulldozer, and the
> > overhead associated with highly
> scalable server CPUs.
> >
> > Comments and feedback
> > welcome!
> >
>
> > David
>
> The value for Gflops/W that appears in your charts implies that
> the fastest NVIDIA Fermi cards @ 665 DP Gflops are 225 W PCI-E cards (not, e.g.,
> 300 W cards).
>
> Is that correct? I could not find any mention about their power
> consumption in the NVIDIA web site.
>
>
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_product_literature.html
