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Frontier vs Aurora
RANKED BY RMAX PERFORMANCE (SUSTAINED LINPACK)
#3 VS #4
CHECKED 06 SEPT 2026
Side by side
Verdict
Frontier ranks #3 of 5 on Rmax performance (sustained Linpack) (1,353 PFlop/s); Aurora ranks #4 (1,012 PFlop/s).
Rank 03 of 5 · leads
Rmax performance (sustained Linpack)
1,353 PFlop/s
MakerHPE / AMD
Date2021
Verified06 Sept 2026
Evidence
Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's own site (the system's operator, part of ORNL/DOE): Frontier reached 1.353 exaflops HPL, most recently reconfirmed in a November 2024 ORNL announcement ("Frontier supercomputer hits new highs in third year of exascale").Rank 04 of 5
Rmax performance (sustained Linpack)
1,012 PFlop/s
MakerHPE / Intel
Date2024
Verified06 Sept 2026
Evidence
Argonne National Laboratory's own site (the system's operator): Aurora registered 1.012 exaflops using 87% of the system's 10,624 nodes, announced at ISC High Performance 2024. DOE/Argonne system built by Intel and HPE.Try another pair
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Source Each system's own operator/lab site (LLNL, ORNL/OLCF, Argonne, RIKEN) plus independent tech-press reporting (HPCwire) for LineShine. Not…
Last checked 06 Sept 2026