Raspberry Pi demolished by monster 128-core ARM CPU!

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Published 2022-11-23
The collab nobody knew we needed. I took my 6-node Raspberry Pi cluster to ‪@ServeTheHomeVideo‬ and faced it off against a 128-core monster ARM server.

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Mentioned in this video:

- ServeTheHome (website): www.servethehome.com/
- ServeTheHome (YouTube): youtube.com/ServeTheHomeVideo
- The video Patrick has is the "Supermicro ARS-210ME-FNR", with the M128-30 CPU
- DeskPi Super6c [Amazon]: amzn.to/3AH8kNh
- DeskPi Super6c [Direct]: deskpi.com/collections/deskpi-super6c/products/des…
- DeskPi Super6c Mini ITX case [Amazon]: amzn.to/3XnJxHP
- DeskPi Super6c Mini ITX case [Direct]: deskpi.com/collections/deskpi-super6c/products/des…
- Guide for Raspberry Pi CM4 NVMe boot: www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/raspberry-pi-can-bo…
- DeskPi Super6c Ceph Storage Cluster video:    • 6-in-1: Build a 6-node Ceph cluster o...  
- Top500 Ansible Automated Benchmark Playbook: github.com/geerlingguy/top500-benchmark
- Blog post with more benchmarking results: www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/pi-cluster-vs-amper…

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

All Comments (21)
  • What a super-fun collaboration exploring Arm server options! Thank you for stopping by Jeff!
  • 2021 Linus flexes doing videos on million dollar home, 2022 Jeff flexes showing off he ownes multiple Rasberry Pi units.
  • @otrab1080
    Amazing that he was able to find 6 compute modules let alone regular Raspberry Pis
  • @3v068
    It seriously makes my day when you're feeling good enough to make a video and post it. Glad to see you upload again Jeff.
  • When I saw this thumbnail I literally went to "The Collab nobody knew they needed" only to find it was the first line of the description. Great minds and all that... Good stuff y'all!
  • @hikingpete
    That was a great collab. The scripting was fantastic and you guys interacted seamlessly.
  • @proxymoxy1337
    Jeff nicking the server at the end is the cherry on the top. Great video guys, I enjoy both of your channels :)
  • @vicmaxabc
    I love both channels, looking forward to more colabs!
  • We should compare Wh for fixed unit of work. E.g. the same compilation/render and just look at the power consumed to do the work.
  • @sshogo64
    What an awesome vid guys! Not only did i learn new stuff, I couldn't be but happy to see you both school us on a badass project. One of the best vids I watched coming from your end. Thank you both!
  • Serve the "large scale, high performance data center" home. Great collab guys.
  • @esra_erimez
    Two of my favorite YouTubers! I'm glad to see what Patrick's studio looks like!
  • @Dygear
    x86 servers also have a mechanism for attesting the boot process that simply doesn't work right now with an arm server.
  • @morosis82
    I remember years ago Top Gear did a race between a Prius and an M3. All the M3 had to do was keep up with the Prius, while the Prius thrashed it's way around the track. At the end they measured how much fuel was used and the V8 M3 was significantly more efficient at the speed they were driving around the track. I think the pi is great as a testbed platform, low power edge deployment, etc. But it never really stood any chance when real compute capacity and io connectivity is required.
  • @nlcirque
    Great collaboration from 2 of my favorite tech channels.
  • Wow, I cannot believe how compact the STH studio is, it really stood out when both were in there
  • @Daggenthal
    I seriously love ARM so much, so this got me really excited!! Great video :D I've waited years and years for someone to fully push out ARM to the mainstream desktop for "regular" consumer usage, and while the Pi's + others are capable, nothing was ever the same as your usual x86-64 for typical tasks / light gaming. Well, when Apple announced their M series of chips, I got excited and purchased one right away after reviews! Been happily using my M1 Max as a daily driver, all because I love ARM and really want to support it as much as I can, even if it's coming from Apple, who doesn't truly need the money but ended up making a product that I had been looking for for quite some time. I'm just happy that a major company took the plunge, and I'm happily following suit. Maybe someday we'll all be on ARM!
  • @wolvenar
    Great job with this video. A lot of information packed in here to work with.
  • yes, the collab we never knew we needed. good thing red shirt jeff must be busy somewhere else.