Analyzing the Effect of Different Programming Models Upon Performance and Memory Usage on Cray XT5 Platforms
Hongzhang Shan, Haoqiang H. Jin · 2010
Harnessing the power of multicore platforms is challenging due to the additional levels of parallelism present. In this paper, we examine the effect of the choice of programming model upon performance and overall memory usage on the Cray XT5. We use detailed time breakdowns to measure the contributions to the total runtime from computation, communication, and OpenMP regions of the applications, gaining insights into the reasons behind any performance differences observed. We also examine the performance differences between two different Cray XT5 machines, which have quad-core and hex-core processors.