Are SPEC HPC2002 results comparable for these different parallel architectures?
Yes. Most consumers of high-performance systems are interested in running a single important application, or perhaps a small set of critical applications, on these high-priced machines. The amount of time it takes to solve a particular computational analysis is often critical to a high-performance systems user’s business. For these consumers, being able to compare different machines’ abilities to complete a relevant problem of a specific size for their application is valuable information, regardless of the architectural features of the system itself.
