[CP2K-user] [CP2K:21361] Speed comparation: the new versions of cp2k are slower than the old

li lincai lilincai20 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 11 06:27:12 UTC 2025


I have tested two systems; one has atoms, and the other has 744 atoms. The 
two tasks ended normally, and their log information and input files are 
attached. 
Thanks for cp2k developers' answers.

On Monday, April 7, 2025 at 3:45:01 PM UTC+8 Jürg Hutter wrote:

> Hi
>
> Yes, it is obvious, but why? Can you run the same job with both versions
> such that the jobs finish correctly? Then there will be detailed timing
> outputs that will give the necessary information to see what is going on.
>
> regards
> JH
>
> ________________________________________
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> lincai <lilin... at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 7, 2025 9:31 AM
> To: cp2k
> Subject: Re: [CP2K:21333] Speed comparation: the new versions of cp2k are 
> slower than the old
>
> I have tested a Pt-IL (ionic liquid) system on my workstation, and the 
> input and log file are attached as below: Is is obvious that cp2k2025.1 is 
> slower than cp2k2023.1.
>
>
> On Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 5:46:05 PM UTC+8 Jürg Hutter wrote:
> Hi
> Can you have a look at the detailed timings at the end of your test jobs?
> Do you see a specific routine causing the slow down or are all parts 
> running slower?
> If you post that information we can have a deeper look?
> regards
> JH
>
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> lincai <lilin... at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 2:54 AM
> To: cp2k
> Subject: [CP2K:21204] Speed comparation: the new versions of cp2k are 
> slower than the old
>
> Dear cp2k developers:
> I found that the new versions of CP2K are slower than the old ones. I 
> installed CP2K-2023.1, 2023.2, and 2025.1 on my computer. CP2K-2025.1 is 
> much slower than CP2K-2023.1 when running the same task.
> My computer's CPU is EPYC-7V12, and my system is Rocky linux 9.2. I tested 
> at least two systems; one is Pt-water system ( about 300 atoms), and 
> another is the ionic liquid system (about 500 atoms, including C H O F S 
> N), the results are same that CP2K-2025.1 is much slower than CP2K-2023.1. 
> For example, CP2K-2025.1 need 2.7 s while CP2K-2023.1. just need 1.9 s for 
> one SCF step.
> I compiled CP2K with GCC 11 and MKL math library.
> Do these default parameters has improved their accuracy, or I wrongly 
> compiled my CP2K?
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