Quad core + GPU 2.2x faster than 8-core CPU to complete Abaqus direct solver

[caveman-jim]

Fireuser.com has a nice video of leveraging GPGPU power of a FirePro card with a quad core CPU to be faster than an 8-core Opteron CPU.

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This proof of concept shows how GPGPU hardware can meaningfully accelerate business applications. Unfortunately the demo wasn't run on a Trinity APU to really show how heterogeneous compute will impact business in the near future, but the idea is the same - less money and power on CPU's, get the job done faster with a GPU.

Notice also that the quad core alone is not half the speed of the octocore alone; diminishing returns are seen parallelizing across the cpu cores.

[Akumajo]

The man in the video says he is using a 24 core Opteron system plus GPU...

I was thinking you were referencing towards a single Quad core + GPU given how you worded the thread topic title.

[bittermann]

Less money? That gpu costs $2,800...lack of any details doesn't help.

[Nunz]

If he used an Intel processor it wouldn't of been that much of a difference.

[Omega53]

Less money? That gpu costs $2,800...lack of any details doesn't help.

$2800 = Tri 690GTX's

Damnit nVidia, MAKE IT HAPPEN