Parts/Accelerators/ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Why this part
Tianhe-1 was among the first top-five TOP500 systems built around commodity graphics silicon rather than a purpose-built accelerator, ahead of NVIDIA Fermi becoming the industry's default choice. AMD's ATI-branded desktop gaming part was deployed at a scale, 2,560 cards, no consumer product line was designed for, and the choice did not survive Tianhe-1's own next generation: Tianhe-1A switched to NVIDIA Tesla GPUs within a year.
Systems using this part
- Systems
- 1
- Rmax underneath
- 563.10 TFlop/s
- Units recorded
- 2,560
1 of 1 edges disclose a quantity
| System | Role | Country | Units | System Rmax | Supplied by | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tianhe-1 2009-10 | Accelerator | China | 2,560 | 563.10 TFlop/s | AMD | #5 → |
“Units recorded” sums only the edges where a public source states a quantity. It is a floor, not a total, and should never be read as installed base.