According to the latest supercomputer ranking from TOP500, El Capitan is the world’s most powerful system, capable of achieving 1,742 petaflops.
In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu visualizes the performance and power consumption of the world’s top 10 supercomputers.
Data and Key Takeaways
The data we used to create this graphic is listed in the table below. Figures come from TOP500’s November 2024 ranking.
This ranking highlights America’s position as a global leader in computing power. For instance, the top three supercomputers are located in the U.S., and all of them are classified as exascale systems.
This is a significant change from the 2021 ranking, in which Japan’s Supercomputer Fugaku held the top spot.
The winner of this year’s ranking is El Capitan, which became operational in 2024 and is the third exascale system deployed by the United States.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, El Capitan was manufactured by HP Enterprise Cray and features an unknown number of AMD Instict MI300A accelerated processing units (APUs).
I remember for decades it was IBM or Cray. It was kind of a bragging right. Years of mismanagement (Rometty) and I guess different priorities, but still isn’t what you have been known for since the 60’s?
Delusions of Adequacy 
