The fastest supercomputer as of June 2022, Frontier, a machine based in the United States, had just over 8.73 million computer cores. Frontier overtook Supercomputer Fugaku as the top supercomputer worldwide in 2022.
Number of computer cores in the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world in 2022
Characteristic
Number of cores
Frontier
8,730,112
Supercomputer Fugaku, Japan
7,630,848
LUMI, Finland
1,110,144
Summit, United States
2,414,592
Sierra, United States
1,572,480
Sunway TaihuLight, China
10,649,600
Perlmutter, United States
761,856
Selene, United States
555,520
Tianhe-2A, CHina
4,981,760
Adastra, France
319,072
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of coresFrontierSupercomputer Fugaku, JapanLUMI, FinlandSummit, United StatesSierra, United StatesSunway TaihuLight, ChinaPerlmutter, United StatesSelene, United StatesTianhe-2A, CHinaAdastra, France
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