SPECaccel®2023 Result

Copyright 2023 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation

Tesla A100-SXM-80GB

DGX-A100

SPECaccel 2023_base = 2.63

SPECaccel 2023_peak = 2.63

accel2023 License: 9045 Test Date: Oct-2023
Test Sponsor: NVIDIA Corporation Hardware Availability: Jul-2020
Tested by: NVIDIA Corporation Software Availability: Nov-2023

Benchmark result graphs are available in the PDF report.

Hardware
CPU Name: AMD EPYC 7742
  Max MHz.: 3400
  Nominal: 2250
Enabled: 128 cores, 2 chips, 2 threads/core
Orderable: 2 chips
Cache L1: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
  L2: 512 KB I+D on chip per core
  L3: 256 MB I+D on chip per chip 16 MB shared / 4 cores
  Other: None
Memory: 2 TB (32 x 64 GB 2Rx8 PC4-3200AA-R)
Storage: OS: 2TB U.2 NVMe SSD drive
Internal Storage: 30TB (8x 3.84TB
U.2 NVMe SSD drives)
Other: None
Base Threads Run: 1
Min. Peak Threads: 1
Max. Peak Threads: 1
Accelerator
Accel Model Name: A100-SXM-80GB
Accel Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Accel Name: Tesla A100-SXM-80GB
Type of Accel: GPU
Accel Connection: NVLINK 3.0, NVSWITCH 2.0 600GB/s
Does Accel Use ECC: Yes
Accel Description: See Notes
Accel Driver: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 535.54.03
Software
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
5.15.0-1031-nvidia
Compiler: C/Fortran: Version 23.11 of the NVHPC SDK
Firmware: American Megatrends 1.21
File System: ext4
System State: Run level 5 (multi-user)
Other: None
Base Parallel Model: LOP
Base Threads Run: 1
Peak Parallel Models: LOP
Max. Peak Threads: 1
Min. Peak Threads: 1

Results Table

Benchmark Base Peak
Model Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Model Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio Seconds Ratio
SPEC accel2023_base 2.63
SPEC accel2023_peak 2.63
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
403.stencil LOP 226 1.95 232 1.90 LOP 226 1.95 232 1.90
404.lbm LOP 134 3.40 130 3.51 LOP 134 3.40 130 3.51
450.md LOP 415 1.45 415 1.45 LOP 415 1.45 415 1.45
452.ep LOP 223 1.86 224 1.85 LOP 223 1.86 224 1.85
453.clvrleaf LOP 183 5.47 183 5.47 LOP 183 5.47 183 5.47
455.seismic LOP 236 3.30 236 3.30 LOP 236 3.30 236 3.30
456.spF LOP 141 3.38 141 3.37 LOP 141 3.38 141 3.37
457.spC LOP 219 2.46 219 2.46 LOP 219 2.46 219 2.46
459.miniGhost LOP 333 1.77 331 1.78 LOP 333 1.77 331 1.78
460.ilbdc LOP 241 2.31 237 2.34 LOP 241 2.31 237 2.34
463.swim LOP 206 2.14 189 2.33 LOP 206 2.14 189 2.33
470.bt LOP 219 4.83 219 4.82 LOP 219 4.83 219 4.82

Operating System Notes

Shell stacksize set to unlimited via "limit stacksize unlimited"

Platform Notes

 Information from nvaccelinfo
 CUDA Driver Version:           12020
 NVRM version:                  NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  535.54.03  Tue Jun  6 22:20:39 UTC 2023
 Device Number:                 0
 Device Name:                   NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB
 Device Revision Number:        8.0
 Global Memory Size:            84987740160
 Number of Multiprocessors:     108
 Concurrent Copy and Execution: Yes
 Total Constant Memory:         65536
 Total Shared Memory per Block: 49152
 Registers per Block:           65536
 Warp Size:                     32
 Maximum Threads per Block:     1024
 Maximum Block Dimensions:      1024, 1024, 64
 Maximum Grid Dimensions:       2147483647 x 65535 x 65535
 Maximum Memory Pitch:          2147483647B
 Texture Alignment:             512B
 Clock Rate:                    1410 MHz
 Execution Timeout:             No
 Integrated Device:             No
 Can Map Host Memory:           Yes
 Compute Mode:                  default
 Concurrent Kernels:            Yes
 ECC Enabled:                   Yes
 Memory Clock Rate:             1593 MHz
 Memory Bus Width:              5120 bits
 L2 Cache Size:                 41943040 bytes
 Max Threads Per SMP:           2048
 Async Engines:                 3
 Unified Addressing:            Yes
 Managed Memory:                Yes
 Concurrent Managed Memory:     Yes
 Preemption Supported:          Yes
 Cooperative Launch:            Yes
 Default Target:                cc80

 Sysinfo program /local/home/mcolgrove/ACCELV2/bin/sysinfo
 Rev: r6622 of 2021-04-07 b1a7d5f8f71be5aff70a755cad7211a0
 running on luna Wed Oct 25 14:50:10 2023

 SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by some common utilities.
 For more information on this section, see
    https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/config.html#sysinfo

 From /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core Processor
       2  "physical id"s (chips)
       256 "processors"
    cores, siblings (Caution: counting these is hw and system dependent. The following
    excerpts from /proc/cpuinfo might not be reliable.  Use with caution.)
       cpu cores : 64
       siblings  : 128
       physical 0: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
       25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
       53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
       physical 1: cores 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
       25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
       53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63

 From lscpu from util-linux 2.37.2:
      Architecture:                       x86_64
      CPU op-mode(s):                     32-bit, 64-bit
      Address sizes:                      43 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
      Byte Order:                         Little Endian
      CPU(s):                             256
      On-line CPU(s) list:                0-255
      Vendor ID:                          AuthenticAMD
      Model name:                         AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core Processor
      CPU family:                         23
      Model:                              49
      Thread(s) per core:                 2
      Core(s) per socket:                 64
      Socket(s):                          2
      Stepping:                           0
      Frequency boost:                    enabled
      CPU max MHz:                        2250.0000
      CPU min MHz:                        1500.0000
      BogoMIPS:                           4491.45
      Flags:                              fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr
      pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt
      pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid
      aperfmperf rapl pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe
      popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a
      misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb
      bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb cat_l3 cdp_l3 hw_pstate ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp
      vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 cqm rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb
      sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local
      clzero irperf xsaveerptr rdpru wbnoinvd amd_ppin arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save
      tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic
      v_vmsave_vmload vgif v_spec_ctrl umip rdpid overflow_recov succor smca sme sev
      sev_es
      Virtualization:                     AMD-V
      L1d cache:                          4 MiB (128 instances)
      L1i cache:                          4 MiB (128 instances)
      L2 cache:                           64 MiB (128 instances)
      L3 cache:                           512 MiB (32 instances)
      NUMA node(s):                       8
      NUMA node0 CPU(s):                  0-15,128-143
      NUMA node1 CPU(s):                  16-31,144-159
      NUMA node2 CPU(s):                  32-47,160-175
      NUMA node3 CPU(s):                  48-63,176-191
      NUMA node4 CPU(s):                  64-79,192-207
      NUMA node5 CPU(s):                  80-95,208-223
      NUMA node6 CPU(s):                  96-111,224-239
      NUMA node7 CPU(s):                  112-127,240-255
      Vulnerability Gather data sampling: Not affected
      Vulnerability Itlb multihit:        Not affected
      Vulnerability L1tf:                 Not affected
      Vulnerability Mds:                  Not affected
      Vulnerability Meltdown:             Not affected
      Vulnerability Mmio stale data:      Not affected
      Vulnerability Retbleed:             Vulnerable
      Vulnerability Spec store bypass:    Vulnerable
      Vulnerability Spectre v1:           Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and
      usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers
      Vulnerability Spectre v2:           Vulnerable, IBPB: disabled, STIBP: disabled,
      PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
      Vulnerability Srbds:                Not affected
      Vulnerability Tsx async abort:      Not affected

 From lscpu --cache:
      NAME ONE-SIZE ALL-SIZE WAYS TYPE        LEVEL  SETS PHY-LINE COHERENCY-SIZE
      L1d       32K       4M    8 Data            1    64        1             64
      L1i       32K       4M    8 Instruction     1    64        1             64
      L2       512K      64M    8 Unified         2  1024        1             64
      L3        16M     512M   16 Unified         3 16384        1             64

 /proc/cpuinfo cache data
    cache size : 512 KB

 From numactl --hardware
 WARNING: a numactl 'node' might or might not correspond to a physical chip.
   available: 8 nodes (0-7)
   node 0 cpus: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136
   137 138 139 140 141 142 143
   node 0 size: 257831 MB
   node 0 free: 111273 MB
   node 1 cpus: 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 144 145 146 147 148 149
   150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159
   node 1 size: 257991 MB
   node 1 free: 214768 MB
   node 2 cpus: 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 160 161 162 163 164 165
   166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175
   node 2 size: 258039 MB
   node 2 free: 214538 MB
   node 3 cpus: 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 176 177 178 179 180 181
   182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191
   node 3 size: 258027 MB
   node 3 free: 218280 MB
   node 4 cpus: 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 192 193 194 195 196 197
   198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207
   node 4 size: 258039 MB
   node 4 free: 124948 MB
   node 5 cpus: 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 208 209 210 211 212 213
   214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223
   node 5 size: 258039 MB
   node 5 free: 213907 MB
   node 6 cpus: 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 224 225 226
   227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239
   node 6 size: 258039 MB
   node 6 free: 193828 MB
   node 7 cpus: 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 240 241
   242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255
   node 7 size: 258027 MB
   node 7 free: 154417 MB
   node distances:
   node   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
     0:  10  12  12  12  32  32  32  32
     1:  12  10  12  12  32  32  32  32
     2:  12  12  10  12  32  32  32  32
     3:  12  12  12  10  32  32  32  32
     4:  32  32  32  32  10  12  12  12
     5:  32  32  32  32  12  10  12  12
     6:  32  32  32  32  12  12  10  12
     7:  32  32  32  32  12  12  12  10

 From /proc/meminfo
    MemTotal:       2113571332 kB
    HugePages_Total:       0
    Hugepagesize:       2048 kB

 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor has
    performance

 /usr/bin/lsb_release -d
    Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

 From /etc/*release* /etc/*version*
    debian_version: bookworm/sid
    dgx-release:
       DGX_NAME="DGX Server"
       DGX_PRETTY_NAME="NVIDIA DGX Server"
       DGX_SWBUILD_DATE="2020-10-26-11-53-11"
       DGX_SWBUILD_VERSION="5.0.0"
       DGX_COMMIT_ID="7501dff"
       DGX_PLATFORM="DGX Server for DGX A100"
       DGX_SERIAL_NUMBER="1663521001239"

    ec2_version: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (Focal Fossa)
    os-release:
       PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"
       NAME="Ubuntu"
       VERSION_ID="22.04"
       VERSION="22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
       VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
       ID=ubuntu
       ID_LIKE=debian
       HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"

 uname -a:
    Linux luna 5.15.0-1031-nvidia #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 15 23:56:08 UTC 2023 x86_64
    x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 Kernel self-reported vulnerability status:

 gather_data_sampling:                                  Not affected
 CVE-2018-12207 (iTLB Multihit):                        Not affected
 CVE-2018-3620 (L1 Terminal Fault):                     Not affected
 Microarchitectural Data Sampling:                      Not affected
 CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown):                              Not affected
 mmio_stale_data:                                       Not affected
 retbleed:                                              Vulnerable
 CVE-2018-3639 (Speculative Store Bypass):              Vulnerable
 CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre variant 1):                     Vulnerable: __user pointer
                                                        sanitization and usercopy barriers
                                                        only; no swapgs barriers
 CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre variant 2):                     Vulnerable, IBPB: disabled, STIBP:
                                                        disabled, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
                                                        affected
 CVE-2020-0543 (Special Register Buffer Data Sampling): Not affected
 CVE-2019-11135 (TSX Asynchronous Abort):               Not affected

 run-level 5 Sep 8 09:26

 SPEC is set to: /local/home/mcolgrove/ACCELV2
    Filesystem     Type  Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/md0       ext4  1.8T  1.1T  597G  65% /

 From /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
     Vendor:         NVIDIA
     Product:        DGXA100 920-23687-2530-000
     Product Family: DGX

 Cannot run dmidecode; consider saying (as root)
    chmod +s /usr/sbin/dmidecode

 BIOS:
    BIOS Vendor:       American Megatrends Inc.
    BIOS Version:      1.21
    BIOS Date:         03/09/2023

 (End of data from sysinfo program)

Compiler Version Notes

==============================================================================
C          | 457.spC(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o: in function `_start':
(.text+0x1b): undefined reference to `main'
pgacclnk: child process exit status 1: /usr/bin/ld
nvc 23.11-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp znver2 
NVIDIA Compilers and Tools
Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C          | 403.stencil(base) 404.lbm(base) 452.ep(base) 470.bt(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nvc 23.11-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp znver2 
NVIDIA Compilers and Tools
Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C          | 457.spC(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o: in function `_start':
(.text+0x1b): undefined reference to `main'
pgacclnk: child process exit status 1: /usr/bin/ld
nvc 23.11-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp znver2 
NVIDIA Compilers and Tools
Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
C          | 403.stencil(base) 404.lbm(base) 452.ep(base) 470.bt(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nvc 23.11-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp znver2 
NVIDIA Compilers and Tools
Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
Fortran    | 450.md(base) 455.seismic(base) 456.spF(base) 460.ilbdc(base)
           | 463.swim(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nvfortran 23.11-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp znver2 
NVIDIA Compilers and Tools
Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==============================================================================
Fortran, C | 453.clvrleaf(base) 459.miniGhost(base)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nvfortran 23.11-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp znver2 
NVIDIA Compilers and Tools
Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.  All rights reserved.
nvc 23.11-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp znver2 
NVIDIA Compilers and Tools
Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES.  All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

 nvc 

Fortran benchmarks:

 nvfortran 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

 nvfortran   nvc 

Base Portability Flags

403.stencil:  -DSPEC_NO_NOTHING 
457.spC:  -mcmodel=medium   -Wl,--no-relax 

Base Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

 -Ofast   -mp=gpu   -Mfprelaxed   -Mstack_arrays   -static-nvidia 

Fortran benchmarks:

 -Ofast   -mp=gpu   -Mfprelaxed   -Mstack_arrays   -static-nvidia 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

453.clvrleaf:  -Ofast   -mp=gpu   -Mfprelaxed   -Mstack_arrays   -static-nvidia 
459.miniGhost:  -Mnomain   -Ofast   -mp=gpu   -Mfprelaxed   -Mstack_arrays   -static-nvidia 

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

403.stencil:  basepeak = yes 
404.lbm:  basepeak = yes 
452.ep:  basepeak = yes 
457.spC:  basepeak = yes 
470.bt:  basepeak = yes 

Fortran benchmarks:

450.md:  basepeak = yes 
455.seismic:  basepeak = yes 
456.spF:  basepeak = yes 
460.ilbdc:  basepeak = yes 
463.swim:  basepeak = yes 

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

453.clvrleaf:  basepeak = yes 
459.miniGhost:  basepeak = yes 

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/accel2023/flags/nv2023_flags_v2.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/accel2023/flags/nv2023_flags_v2.xml.