Supercomputers/Systems/HiPerGator 2.0
USA · operational · hpc
HiPerGator 2.0
Also known as HPG2
Operated by University of Florida .
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Measured performance
- Rmax
- 738.07 TFlop/s
- Rpeak
- 1.07 PFlop/s
- Rmax ÷ Rpeak
- 68.7%
- Cores
- 29,184
- Power
- 384 kW
- Per watt
- 1.9 GF/W
Figures are as last publicly reported for the configuration described below, not a live measurement. Where a system was upgraded in place, the post-upgrade configuration is shown and the earlier one appears in the timeline.
How it compares
Ranked against the other machines in this dataset that report the same figure: those that first came into service within two years of HiPerGator 2.0, and those in USA. Computed from our tables; a metric is ranked only when at least eight peers report it.
| Metric | Value | Against its era | Against its country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rmax | 738.07 TFlop/s | #129 of 230 · bottom 45% | #192 of 332 · bottom 43% |
| Energy efficiency | 1.9 GF/W | #88 of 180 · top 49% | #85 of 162 · bottom 49% |
| Rmax ÷ Rpeak | 68.7 % | #151 of 226 · bottom 34% | #211 of 331 · bottom 37% |
| Power draw | 384 kW | #109 of 182 · bottom 41% | #103 of 171 · bottom 41% |
Every metric is ranked largest-first, so a high power-draw rank means a big power draw, not a good one. Rmax ÷ Rpeak uses HPL-measured results only. Rankings move as machines are added; they describe this dataset, not the world.
What this machine is made of
One row per supplier relationship. “Supplier at build” is the company that shipped the part at the time; where that company has since been acquired, the parent it rolls up to today is shown beside it. That distinction is what makes ticker-level aggregation possible across a thirty-year dataset.
| Role | Part | Supplier at build | Quantity | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrator | - Dell PowerEdge C6320 | Dell Technologies | - | Reported | top500.org |
| CPU | Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 CPUs x86-64 · 16C · 2.3 GHz · 22 nm · 135 W Intel Xeon E5-2698v3 16C 2.3GHz | Intel | - | Reported | top500.org |
| Operating system | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating systems Linux distribution · Open source, commercial support subscription Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 | Red Hat | - | Reported | top500.org |
Engineering, funding and access
What HiPerGator 2.0 runs on, who paid for it and how people get time on it. Each line carries who said it and when.
Funding
| Item | Detail | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stated cost | 8 USD mCost of the October 2015 expansion that added 30,000 cores to the existing HiPerGator. | 2015-10 | Press report | wuft.org |
Results
| Item | Detail | As of | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notable result | Ranked second among US public university supercomputers and third among all US universities on the November 2015 TOP500 (2015) | 2015-11 | Press report | wuft.org |
The read
The 2015 expansion of the University of Florida's HiPerGator, an $8 million project completed in October 2015 that added about 30,000 cores to the existing machine and, in the local press account, more than doubled its power. TOP500 lists it as a Dell PowerEdge C6320 system with 29,184 cores of Xeon E5-2698v3 16C 2.3 GHz, 738.07 TFlop/s Rmax, 1,073.97 TFlop/s Rpeak, 384 kW, InfiniBand and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5. WUFT reports it as second among US public universities and third among all US universities on the November 2015 list and says a Dell representative attended the December 2015 unveiling, but the article does not name the vendor as builder; the Dell attribution rests on TOP500. Listed from November 2015 (rank 115) to June 2018 (rank 477). Not to be confused with the 2021 DGX SuperPOD recorded as hipergator-ai. Tier is reported.
Timeline
- 2015-10 First operational source
- 2015-10 An USD 8 million project added 30,000 cores to the existing HiPerGator, more than doubling its power source
- 2015-11 List debut at #115 (November 2015) source
Public list appearances
Pointers only: rank and edition, linking to the canonical entry. We do not reproduce list tables. See sourcing policy.
Change history
- 2026-10-17 HiPerGator 2.0 added from its source pages
Nearby in scale
The machines closest to HiPerGator 2.0 by Rmax, smaller to larger.
- Earth System Numerical Simulator · China, decommissioned · 0.74 PFlop/s
- Aaditya · India, operational · 0.72 PFlop/s
- BGQ (SOSCIP) · Canada, decommissioned · 0.72 PFlop/s
- COMA (PACS-IX) · Japan, operational · 0.75 PFlop/s
- AWE Spruce B · United Kingdom, operational · 0.77 PFlop/s
- ForHLR II · Germany, decommissioned · 0.77 PFlop/s
Related systems
Same operator
- HiPerGator AI · USA, operational, 2021
Source check
We fetched this system's own citations and recorded whether each page actually mentions it. This is a corroboration signal, not a fact check, and it is published so you can see how well the sourcing holds up rather than take it on trust.
| Cited source | Result | Found on the page |
|---|---|---|
| top500.org | names system and part | Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 |
| wuft.org | names system only | - |
Checked 2026-10-18 by pnpm verify. Re-run it and the table changes with the web.
Further reading
Operating a supercomputer
Acceptance testing, why "installed" and "in production" are six months apart, and the machine lifecycle.
Inside a node
Latency-optimised versus throughput-optimised processors, NUMA, and the end of the host-to-device copy.
Programming a supercomputer
The software stack beneath the application, and why the OS is now a sovereignty signal as much as a technical choice.