The collab nobody knew we needed. I took my 6-node Raspberry Pi cluster to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6J_jJa8GJqFwQNgNrMuww and faced it off against a 128-core monster ARM server. Huge thanks to Micro Center for making this possible! Shop Micro Center’s Top Deals: https://micro.center/1yz Check out Micro Center’s PC Builder: https://micro.center/2vs Submit your build to Micro Center’s Build Showcase: https://micro.center/6i9 Visit Micro Center’s Community Page: https://micro.center/dpq Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://redshirtjeff.com/ 2nd Channel: null #Sponsored #ARM #RaspberryPi Mentioned in this video: - ServeTheHome (website): https://www.servethehome.com/ - ServeTheHome (YouTube): null - The video Patrick has is the "Supermicro ARS-210ME-FNR", with the M128-30 CPU - DeskPi Super6c [Amazon]: https://amzn.to/3AH8kNh - DeskPi Super6c [Direct]: https://deskpi.com/collections/deskpi-super6c/products/deskpi-super6c-raspberry-pi-cm4-cluster-mini-itx-board-6-rpi-cm4-supported - DeskPi Super6c Mini ITX case [Amazon]: https://amzn.to/3XnJxHP - DeskPi Super6c Mini ITX case [Direct]: https://deskpi.com/collections/deskpi-super6c/products/deskpi-itx-case-kit-for-deskpi-super6c-raspberry-pi-cm4-cluster-mini-itx-board - Guide for Raspberry Pi CM4 NVMe boot: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/raspberry-pi-can-boot-nvme-ssds-now - DeskPi Super6c Ceph Storage Cluster video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecdm3oA-QdQ - Top500 Ansible Automated Benchmark Playbook: https://github.com/geerlingguy/top500-benchmark - Blog post with more benchmarking results: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/pi-cluster-vs-ampere-altra-max-128-core-arm-cpu Contents: 00:00 - 24 cores - but not the same 00:52 - Apples to Apples 03:50 - Size comparison 04:52 - ARM in the cloud? Edge? 05:55 - ARM v ARM: top500 showdown 06:44 - New new bramble 07:38 - No time for microSD, we go NVMe 08:56 - Super6c, Super improved 10:27 - Linpack on the Pis 12:02 - Linpack on the Ampere Altra Max 12:46 - Price to performance 13:53 - Benchmarking methodology 14:56 - Is ARM the most efficient? 16:46 - GPUs: efficiency kings 17:48 - Platform maturity vs x86 19:38 - So what's the verdict? 20:39 - Surprise Stolen Supermicro