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| Scheduled Production | April 2008 | July 2008 | February 2009 | December 2009 |
| | XT3 System | XT4 system | Initial XT5 system | Final XT5 System |
| Total number cabinets | 40 | 48 | 88 | 88 |
| Topology | 10x16x24 Torus | 12 × 16 × 24 Torus | 22 x 16 x 24 Torus | 22 x 16 x 24 Torus |
| System sq ft (approx) | 768 | 1008 sq ft | Approx. 2,000 sq ft | Approx. 2,000 sq ft |
| Compute partition |
| Compute blades | 919 | 1,128 | 2,064 | 2,064 |
| Compute sockets | 3,676 | 4,512 | 16,512 | 16,512 |
| Compute processor type | AMD 2.6 GHz dual-core | AMD 2.3 GHz quad-core | AMD 2.3 GHz Barcelona-4 | AMD 2.6 GHz Istanbul-6 |
| Gigaflops per socket | 10.4 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 62.4 |
| Compute TFLOPs | 38.2 | 166 | 608 | 1030 |
| Memory per socket | 2 GB DDR | 4 GB DDR2 | 4 or 8 GB DDR2 | 8 GB DDR2 |
| Memory compute blade | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 or 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Total compute memory | 7.4 TB | 17.6 TB | 100 TB | 129 TB |
| Service partition |
| Service blades | 41 | 24 | 48 | 48 |
| Service sockets | 82 | 48 | 96 | 96 |
| Service processor type | 2.6 GHz single-core | 2.6 GHz dual-core | 2.6 GHz dual-core | 2.6 GHz dual-core |
| Service teraflops | 0.4 TF | 0.5 TF | 0.5 TF | 0.5 TF |
| Memory per socket | 4 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Service partition memory | 328 GB | 0.4 TB | 0.77 TB | 0.77 TB |
| 10 Gb network connections | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| High speed storage |
| Qty I/O cabinets | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| FS bandwidth | 10 GB/s | 10 GB/s | 30 GB/s | 30 GB/s |
| Total storage | 100 TB | 460 TB | 3.3 PB | 3.3 PB |
| Total peak FLOPS | 38.6 TF | 166.5 TF | 608 TF | 1030 TF |
| Total system memory | 7.7 TB | 18.0 TB | 100.7 TB | 129.7 TB |
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