Supercomputers/Systems/BlueBEAR
United Kingdom · operational · mixed
BlueBEAR
Also known as University of Birmingham BlueBEAR
Operated by University of Birmingham .
Phase 1 seed dataset, compiled by hand. These rows were built from public operator, laboratory and vendor sources. A mechanical second-reader pass has since fetched every cited source: 1092 of 1153 systems have a readable citation that names them, and 40 are genuinely weakly sourced. Every claim carries its source and a confidence tier. Treat anything below verified as a lead, not a citation.
Measured performance
- Rmax
- -
- Rpeak
- -
- Rmax ÷ Rpeak
- -
- Cores
- 41,828
- Power
- -
- Per watt
- - 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerator | - NVIDIA A100, 4 per node on 11 nodes (40 GB) and 13 nodes (80 GB); 128 NVIDIA GPUs in total | NVIDIA | 128 reported | Reported | docs.bear.bham.ac.uk |
| CPU | Intel Xeon Platinum 8570 CPUs x86-64 · 56C · 2.1 GHz · Intel 7 Intel Xeon Platinum 8570, 60 Emerald Rapids nodes of 2x56 cores | Intel | - | Reported | docs.bear.bham.ac.uk |
| CPU | - Intel Xeon Platinum 8480CL (144 Sapphire Rapids nodes) and Platinum 8360Y (216 Ice Lake nodes) | Intel | - | Reported | docs.bear.bham.ac.uk |
AI datacenter metrics
Figures beyond an accelerator count, each with who stated it. What can and cannot be compared across AI datacenters.
| Metric | Value | As of | Basis | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerators | 128 accelerators | 2026-10 | Operator stated | Total NVIDIA GPUs in the shared BlueBEAR resources. | docs.bear.bham.ac.uk |
The read
BlueBEAR is the University of Birmingham's research HPC service, run by Advanced Research Computing. The standard-resources page gives total shared size as 464 nodes, 41,828 cores, 235 TB of RAM and 128 NVIDIA GPUs. Node groups listed include 60 Emerald Rapids nodes (2x 56-core Xeon Platinum 8570), 144 Sapphire Rapids nodes (2x 56-core Xeon Platinum 8480CL), 216 Ice Lake nodes (2x 36-core Xeon Platinum 8360Y) and Ice Lake GPU nodes with 4x A100 (11 nodes with 40 GB, 13 with 80 GB). Dedicated-resource nodes are also usable for short jobs. Operator documentation only, so the tier is reported.
Timeline
No dated events recorded.
Change history
- 2026-10-09 Added BlueBEAR at the University of Birmingham
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 |
|---|---|---|
| docs.bear.bham.ac.uk | names system and part | Intel Xeon Platinum 8570 |
Checked 2026-10-09 by pnpm verify. Re-run it and the table changes with the web.