Hardware Recommendations and Certifications

View the most recent recommended graphic boards, laptops and desktop hardware configurations.

Notice: On October 14, 2025, Microsoft Windows 10 reached its end of support. Following Microsoft's messaging, all Altair 2026.0 applications no longer support Windows 10. Altair is providing this information to help our customers accommodate this change. Altair 2026.0 supports the Windows 11 operating system, along with our other Linux-based operating systems. Please contact your local Altair support team if you have any questions or concerns.

Important: For Linux users, RHEL or CIQ Rocky Linux 9.4 or higher is required to install and run HyperWorks 2026 products.

This change applies only to the HyperWorks 2026 release and future versions. Your existing installations of HyperWorks 2025.1 and earlier will continue to work unchanged on their currently supported operating systems.

For more information, please see this notice on Altair Community.

Recommended Graphics Boards

Recommended CAE/CAD graphic boards to use with Altair HyperWorks applications.

The most recent vendor/manufacturer drivers should be used and all driver support for these cards should be addressed to the appropriate manufacturer of the graphic board.

Added Intel® Arc™ support.

Note: AMD and Intel® Arc™ graphics cards are not supported on Linux x86_64 operating systems in Altair HyperWorks 2022 and higher products.

Intel Arc Graphics Cards


Products	GPU Model	Driver Version
Intel® Arc™	A40 A50	Windows 11 (64-bit) 32.0.101.6979 – Q3.25 Linux (64-bit) Not Supported
Intel® Arc™ mobility	A30M A40M A50M A60M T140M ARC Pro Graphics	Windows 11 (64-bit) 32.0.101.6979 – Q3.25 Linux (64-bit) Not Supported

AMD Graphics Cards


Products	GPU Model	Driver Version
Radeon™	RX 9070 XT RX 9070 AI Pro R9700	Windows 11 (64-bit) Adrenaline 25.3.2 Linux (64-bit) Not Supported
Radeon™ Pro	W7900 W7800 W7600 W7500 W6800 W6600 W6400 VII WX 9100 W5700 WX 8200 W5500 WX 7100 WX 5100 WX 4100 WX 3200 WX 3100 WX 2100	Windows 11 (64-bit) 24.Q2 Linux (64-bit) Not Supported
Radeon™ Pro Mobility	AMD Radeon R7 Pro 780M AMD Radeon R5 Pro 740M AMD Radeon R5 Pro 760M AMD APU 840M AMD APU 860M AMD APU 880M	Windows 11 (64-bit) 24.Q2 Linux (64-bit) Not Supported

NVIDIA Graphics Boards


Products	GPU Model				Driver Version
Products	RTX (Turing)	A* (Ampere)	Ada Generation	Blackwell Generation	Driver Version
NVIDIA	RTX 3000 RTX 4000 RTX 5000 RTX 6000 RTX 8000 T400 T600 T1000	RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A6000	RTX 4000 Ada SFF RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada	RTX PRO 6000 RTX PRO 5000 RTX PRO 4500 RTX PRO 4000	Windows 11 (64-bit) R580 U4 (581.42) Linux (64-bit) ODE Long Live 580.95.05
NVIDIA Mobility	T400 T550 T600 T1000 T1200 T2000 RTX 3000 RTX 4000 RTX 5000	RTX A500 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500	RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3000 Ada RTX 3500 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 5000 Ada	RTX PRO 5000 RTX PRO 4000 RTX PRO 3000 RTX PRO 2000 RTX PRO 1000 RTX PRO 500	Windows 11 (64-bit) R580 U4 (581.42) Linux (64-bit) ODE Long Live 580.95.05

Note:

Minimum OpenGL 3.3, Vulkan 1.2 and OpenCL 2.1 Requirement: Virtual server/clients and VirtualGL setups may work, but are not officially tested or supported.
NVIDIA Optimus or AMD Switchable Graphics: In order to ensure best performance, these options should be set to use discrete NVIDIA or AMD GPU and not the Intel GPU.
Power Options and Mobility Center: In order to ensure best performance, these options should be maximum performance for both GPU and CPU.
Graphics Driver Corruption or Installation Issues: In order to ensure best driver compatibility, it is recommended to use “Custom” and “Clean” install options instead of the general “Express” driver installer options.

Recommended Workstation Desktop and Laptop/Notebook Hardware

DELL Workstations - Desktops


Product	Precision Workstation
Workstation Model	NVIDIA Quadro GPU	Intel Arc	AMD Radeon™ Pro GPU
Dell Pro Max Micro FCGT2250	RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 SFF Ada	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M	Radeon Pro W7400
Dell Pro Max Slim FCS1250	RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 SFF Ada	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M	Radeon Pro W7400
Dell Pro Max Tower T2	RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada RTX PRO 6000	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M	Radeon Pro W7400 Radeon Pro W7500 Radeon Pro W7600
3260	T400 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX 3000 Ada
3280	T400 T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 Ada SFF
3460 (mini)	RTX 3000
3460 SFF	T400 T1000 RTX A2000
3460-RPL-S	T400 T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 Ada SFF
3480	T1000 RTX 2000 RTX 4000 RTX 4500 RTX 5000
3660T	T400 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX A6000
3680	T400 T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada		W6300 W6400 W7500 W7600 W7700 W7900
5860T	T400 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX A6000		W6300 W6400 W6600 W6800
7865T	T400 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX A6000 GV100
7960T	T400 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX A6000		W6300 W6400 W6600 W6800
7960 Rack	T400 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX A6000		W6300 W6400 W6600 W6800

DELL Workstations - Laptops


Product	Precision Workstation
Workstation Model	NVIDIA Quadro GPU	Intel Arc	AMD Radeon™ Pro GPU
Dell Pro Max 14 MC14250	RTX PRO 500	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M
Dell Pro Max 14 Premium MA14250	RTX PRO 1000 RTX PRO 2000	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M
Dell Pro Max 16 MC16250	RTX PRO 500 RTX PRO 1000 RTX PRO 2000	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M
Dell Pro Max 16 Plus MB16250	RTX PRO 1000 RTX PRO 2000 RTX PRO 3000 RTX PRO 4000 RTX PRO 5000	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M
Dell Pro Max 16 Premium MA16250	RTX PRO 500 RTX PRO 1000 RTX PRO 2000	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M
Dell Pro Max 18 Plus MB18250	RTX PRO 1000 RTX PRO 2000 RTX PRO 3000 RTX PRO 4000 RTX PRO 5000	Intel Arc Graphics / T140M
Dell Pro Max 16 MC16255	RTX PRO 500 RTX PRO 1000		AMD Radeon Pro Graphics
Dell Pro Max 14 MC14255			AMD Radeon Pro Graphics
3470	T550
3480	RTX A500
3490	RTX 500 Ada
3560	T500
3561	T600 T1200
3570	T550 T600 RTX A500
3571	T600 RTX A1000 RTX A2000
3580	RTX A500
3581	RTX A500 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada
3590	RTX 500 Ada
3591	RTX A500 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX 500 Ada RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3500 Ada
5470	RTX A1000
5480	RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3000 Ada
5490	RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3000 Ada
5560	T1200 RTX A2000
5570	RTX A1000 RTX A2000
5680	RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3500 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 5000 Ada
5690	RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3500 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 5000 Ada
5760	RTX A2000 RTX A3000		N/A
5770	RTX A2000 RTX A3000
7560	T1200 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A4000 RTX A5000
7670	RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A4500 RTX A5500
7680	RTX A1000 RTX 500 Ada RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX A3500 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 5000 Ada
7760	T1200 RTX A3000 RTX A4000 RTX A5000
7770	RTX A1000 RTX A3000 RTX A4500 RTX A5500		N/A
7780	RTX A1000 RTX 2000 RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3500 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 5000 Ada

Lenovo Workstations - Desktops


Product	Lenovo ThinkStation
Workstation Model	NVIDIA Quadro GPU (442.92 or higher)	AMD Radeon™ Pro GPU	Intel Arc GPU
P2 TWR	T400 (E) T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P2 TWR Gen 2	RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada
P340 SFF / P340 TWR*	T400 T600 T1000 RTX A2000* RTX 4000* RTX 5000* RTX A4000* RTX A5000* RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P340 Tiny	T1000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P348	T400 T600 T1000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P350 SFF / P350 TWR*	T400 T600 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000* RTX A5000* RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P350 Tiny	T600 T1000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P358 TWR	T600 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P360 Ultra*/ P360 TWR	T400 T600 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5000m* RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P360 Tiny	T400 T1000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P3 Tiny	T400 T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000
P3 Tiny Gen 2	RTX A400 RTX A1000
P3 TWR	T400 (E) T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX 2000 (E) Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 5880 Ada
P3 TWR Gen 2	RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada RTX 4500 Blackwell RTX 6000 Blackwell 300/600W
P3 Ultra	T400 T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 Ada		A40 Pro
P3 Ultra SFF Gen 2	RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 4000 Ada SFF
P520* / P520c	T400 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX A6000* RTX 2000 (E) Ada	N/A
P5	T400 (E) T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5500 RTX A6000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada RTX 4000 Blackwell RTX 4500 Blackwell RTX 5000 Blackwell RTX 6000 Blackwell 300/600W Max-Q Blackwell
P620 (AMD Ryzen PRO 3975X) / (AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX)	T400 T1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX A6000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 5880 Ada RTX 6000 Ada	W7600 W7900
P720 / P920	T400 T600 T1000 RTX 4000 RTX 5000 RTX 6000 RTX 8000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5000 RTX A5500 RTX A6000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada
P7	T400 (E) T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5500 RTX A6000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada RTX 4000 Blackwell RTX 4500 Blackwell RTX 5000 Blackwell RTX 6000 Blackwell 300/600W
P8	T400 (E) T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A6000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada RTX 4000 Blackwell RTX 4500 Blackwell RTX 5000 Blackwell RTX 6000 Blackwell 300/600W	W6400 W7600 W7900
PX	T400 (E) T1000 RTX A400 RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A4000 RTX A4500 RTX A5500 RTX A6000 RTX 2000 (E) Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 4500 Ada RTX 5000 Ada RTX 6000 Ada RTX 4000 Blackwell RTX 4500 Blackwell RTX 5000 Blackwell RTX 6000 Blackwell 300/600 W

Lenovo Workstations - Laptops


Product	Workstation Model
Lenovo ThinkPad	NVIDIA Quadro GPU	AMD Radeon™ Pro GPU	Intel Arc GPU
P1 Gen 4	T1200 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A4000 RTX A5000
P1 Gen 5	RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A4000 RTX A5500
P1 Gen 6	RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3500 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 5000 Ada
P1 Gen 7	RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3000 Ada		Arc Pro Graphics
P1 Gen 8	RTX PRO B1000 RTX PRO B2000		Arc 140T
P14s Gen 2	T500	AMD APU 5500
P14s Gen 3a	N/A	Radeon PRO Graphics
P14s Gen 3i	T550
P14s Gen 4	RTX A500	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U with Radeon 780M
P14s Gen 5	RTX 500 Ada	AMD Radeon PRO 760M AMD Radeon PRO 780M	Arc Pro Graphics
P14s Gen 5a		AMD Radeon PRO 760M AMD Radeon PRO 780M
P14s Gen 6a		AMD APU 840M AMD APU 860M AMD APU 890M
P14s Gen 6i	RTX PRO B500 RTX PRO B1000		Arc 140T
P15 Gen 1	T1000 T2000 RTX 3000 RTX 4000
P15 Gen 2	T1200 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A4000 RTX A5000
P15s Gen 2	T500
P15v Gen 2	T600 T1200 RTX A2000
P15v Gen3a/Gen3i	T600 T1200 RTX A2000
P16 Gen 1	RTX A1000 RTX A2000 RTX A3000 RTX A4500 RTX A5500
P16 Gen 2	RTX A1000 RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3500 Ada RTX 4000 Ada RTX 5000 Ada		A30M
P16 Gen 3	RTX PRO B1000 RTX PRO B2000 RTX PRO B3000 RTX PRO B4000 RTX PRO B5000
P16s Gen 1a		Radeon PRO Graphics
P16s Gen 1i	T550
P16s Gen 2	RTX A500	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U with Radeon 780M
P16s Gen 3	RTX 500 Ada		Arc Pro Graphics
P16s Gen 4a		AMD APU 840M AMD APU 860M AMD APU 890M
P16s Gen 4i	RTX PRO B500 RTX PRO B1000		Arc 140T
P16s Gen 6i	RTX B500 RTX B1000		Arc 140T
P16v Gen 1	RTX A500 RTX A1000 RTX 2000 Ada
P16v Gen 2	RTX 500 Ada RTX 1000 Ada RTX 2000 Ada RTX 3000 Ada		Arc Pro Graphics
P16v Gen 3	RTX PRO B500 RTX PRO B1000 RTX PRO B2000
P17 Gen 1	T1000 T2000 RTX 3000 RTX 4000 RTX 5000
P17 Gen 2	RTX A4000 RTX A5000
P73*	T2000 RTX 3000 RTX 4000 RTX 5000

SuperMicro Workstations


Product	SuperMicro
System Model AS- 5014A-TT	NVIDIA Quadro GPU	AMD Radeon™ Pro GPU
Mainstream Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX	RTX A4500	W6800
Performance Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3975WX	RTX A4500	W6800
Expert Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX	RTX A4500	W6800
	(visit SuperMicro for a complete GPU support list)

Comments

For NVIDIA GPU based laptops/notebooks the Optimus power saving option in the BIOS should be disabled and the NVIDIA drivers properly installed for optimal performance in Altair HyperWorks products.

For AMD GPU based laptops/notebooks; the Enduro/Switchable Graphics power saving option should be disabled and the AMD drivers properly installed for optimal performance in Altair HyperWorks products.

Optimus (Intel/NVIDIA) enabled drivers may create performance issues with notebooks/laptops compared to a dedicated non-shared GPU driver. Disabling the Optimus feature in BIOS, if available, will help give the best overall graphics performance.

Disable nView Window manager under NVIDIA drivers if you experience random crashes and/or issues.

All power saving modes, settings and governors for CPU frequencies and GPU performance should be set to maximum settings in order to get the optimal performance out of Altair HyperWorks products. This includes smooth graphics and high frame rates (FPS) on Windows and Linux platforms.

Altair HyperWorks 2026 Solver Hardware Configuration Recommendations

Recommended hardware configurations for Altair Solvers.

AcuSolve Solver

Table 1.
Problem Size	Small	Medium	Large
Typical Workload Steady State or Transient	Steady state: Up to 1M nodes Transient: Up to 100K nodes	Steady state: Up to 10M nodes Transient: Up to 1M nodes	Steady state: Greater than 10M nodes Transient: Greater than 1M nodes
Throughput ^¹	Single job	Single job	Single job
CPU ^²	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake” or AMD EPYC 7002 or 7003 series	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake” or AMD EPYC 7002 or 7003 series	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake” or AMD EPYC 7002 or 7003 series
Number of CPU / node	1-4	1-4	1-4
Number of cores / node	32 – 128	32 – 128	32 – 128
Number of nodes	1-8	8 – 48	>48
Minimum Memory Configuration / node ^³	300MB to 3GB	3GB to 30GB	More than 30GB (3KB per CFD node)
Storage (minimum)	500 GB SATA or SSD	1.5 TB local storage	1.5 TB local storage
Network Interconnect	Gigabit Ethernet Or Infiniband	Infiniband	Infiniband
Operating System	RHEL 9.4 or Windows 11	RHEL 9.4 or Windows 11	RHEL 9.4 or Windows 11
GPU	Yes for Steady state	Yes for Steady state	Yes for Steady state
MPI	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher
Setup (2000-3000 computational nodes per core)	Pure OpenMP or Hybrid OpenMP/MPI	Hybrid OpenMP/MPI	Hybrid OpenMP/MPI
Hyper-Threading	Not recommended	Not recommended	Not recommended

Feko Solver

Table 2.
Problem Size	Small	Medium	Large
General recommendations given for MoM and MLFMM dependent on problem size in terms of number of unknowns / mesh elements. For other solution methods (FEM, FDTD, RL-GO, PO, UTD) many factors to be considered.	Pure Mom: less than 50k unknowns. MLFMm: between 100k and 500k unknowns	Pure Mom: between 50k and 100k unknowns. MLFMm: between 500k and 5M unknowns	Pure Mom: >100k unknowns MLFMm: >5M unknowns
Throughput ^¹	Single job	Single large job or few jobs in parallel	Single very large job or multiple jobs
CPU ^²	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake” or later	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake” or later	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake” or later
Number of CPU / node	2	2	2
Number of cores / node	32 – 56	32 – 56	32 – 56
Number of nodes	1	8 – 16	> 16
Minimum Memory Configuration / node ^³	64 GB	128 GB	256 GB
Storage (minimum)	500 GB SATA or SSD	500 GB SATA or SSD	500 GB SATA or SSD
Network Interconnect	Gigabit Ethernet	Infiniband	Infiniband
Operating System	RHEL or CentOS 8.3 Windows 11	Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher	Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher
GPU	Yes	No	No
MPI	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher
Setup	Pure MPI	Pure MPI	Pure MPI
Hyper-Threading	Not recommended	Not recommended	Not recommended

Flux Solver

Table 3.
Problem type	Small	Medium	Large
Typical Workload (depending on number of DOF, element type, and other factors)	< 300 000 DOF	Around 500 000 DOF	Around 5M DOF
Throughput ^¹	Single	Single	Single
CPU ^²	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake”	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake”	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake”
Number of CPU / node	1	2	2
Number of cores / node	8	16	16+
Number of nodes	1	1	1-4
Minimum Memory Configuration / node ^³	8 GB	16-32 GB	300GB
Storage (minimum)	500 GB SATA or SSD	1 TB local storage SSD	1.5 TB local storage SSD
Network Interconnect			Infiniband
Operating System	Linux kernel 3.10.0-693 or higher Windows 11 with SSD	Linux kernel 3.10.0-693 or higher Windows 11 with SSD	Linux kernel 3.10.0-693 or higher Windows 11 with SSD
GPU	No	No	No
MPI	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher
Setup	SMP	SMP or Hybrid 2MPI/node	SMP or Hybrid 2MPI/node
Hyper-Threading	Not recommended	Not recommended	Not recommended

Radioss Solver

Table 4.
Problem Size	Small	Medium	Large
Typical Workload Crash & Impact	Component tests, sled test, drop test, … Less than 500K elements	Medium crash model, between 1 and 6 millions of elements model	Accurate car crash model (rupture), very large model with size > 6 million elements
Throughput ^¹	Single job	Single large job or few jobs in parallel	Single very large job or multiple jobs
CPU ^²	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake” or AMD EPYC 7002 or 7003 series	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake” or AMD EPYC 7002 or 7003 series	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lke” or AMD EPYC 7002 or 7003 series
Number of CPU / node	2	2	2
Number of cores / node	32 – 64	32 – 128	32 – 128
Number of nodes	1	8 – 16	> 16
Minimum Memory Configuration / node ^³	64-128GB	64-256GB	64-256GB
Storage (minimum)	500 GB SATA or SSD	1,5 TB local storage	1,5 TB local storage
Network Interconnect	Gigabit Ethernet	Infiniband	Infiniband
Operating System	Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher Windows 11	Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher	Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher
GPU	No	No	No
MPI	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher	Intel MPI 2018.4 or higher
Setup	Pure MPI	Pure MPI or Hybrid with 2 or 4 OpenMP threads per MPI	Hybrid with 2 or 4 OpenMP threads per MPI
Hyper-Threading ^⁵	Yes, Hybrid with 2 OpenMP per MPI	Not recommended	Not recommended

OptiStruct Solver

Table 5.
Problem type	Small or medium	Large static	Large dynamic
Typical Workload (depending on number of DOF, element type, and other factors)	Nonlinear - less than 2M DOF; linear static - less than 5M DOF; NVH - less than 5M DOF	Nonlinear - more than 2M DOF; linear static - more than 5M DOF	NVH - more than 5M DOF
Throughput ^¹	Single	Single	Single or few jobs in parallel
CPU ^²	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake”	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake	Dual CPU socket For example, Intel Xeon Gold “Cascade Lake” or “Ice Lake"
Number of CPU / node	2	2	2
Number of cores / node	8-24	24+	24+
Number of nodes	1	1-8	1-8
Minimum Memory Configuration / node ^³	16-64GB	128GB	256GB
Storage (minimum)	512GB local storage	1TB local storage	3 TB local storage, SSD and RAID0 recommended
Network Interconnect		Infiniband	Infiniband
Operating System	Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher Windows 11 with SSD	Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher Windows 11 with SSD	Linux kernel 2.6.32 or higher Windows 11 with SSD
GPU	Yes	Yes	Yes (Eigenvalue Extraction – AMSES or Lanczos)
MPI	Linux: Intel MPI 2018.4 (recommended) Windows: Intel MPI 5.1.0.078 (recommended)	Linux: Intel MPI 2018.4 (recommended) Windows: Intel MPI 5.1.0.078 (recommended)	Linux: Intel MPI 2018.4 (recommended) Windows: Intel MPI 5.1.0.078 (recommended)
Setup	SMP or DDM hybrid or SMP+GPU	DDM hybrid or SMP+GPU	SMP or DDM hybrid or SMP+GPU
Hyper-Threading	Not recommended	Not recommended	Not recommended

Recommended GPU Computing Processor List

Recommended graphic boards for use with the Altair Solver applications for high-powered GPU computing.

The following table lists the recommended graphic boards for use with the Altair Solver applications for high-powered GPU computing.


	Manufacturer and Model	Graphics Card	Driver Version (Minimum or Higher)
AcuSolve	NVIDIA (Data Center)	A100, A40, H100	Linux (64-bit) 515 Windows (64-bit) 515
AcuSolve	NVIDIA (Quadro)	Quadro RTX series or RTX/T variants	Linux (64-bit) 515 Windows (64-bit) 515
OptiStruct	NVIDIA (Tesla)	P100 V100	Linux (64-bit) 440.33 Windows (64-bit) 441.22
OptiStruct	NVIDIA (Quadro)	GP100 GV100	Linux (64-bit) 440.33 Windows (64-bit) 441.22

Note:

The most recent vendor/manufacturer drivers should be used and all driver support for these cards should be addressed to the appropriate manufacturer of the graphics board.
Double Precision GPU cards should be used to run OptiStruct. Single precision GPU cards (such as RTX 600, etc) are not recommended for OptiStruct runs.

Additional Information on Driver Installations

The NVIDIA Driver Update recommendation is to use the Custom installation option and select the Perform clean installation option to validate that there are no conflicts in DLL/drivers.

The same should be done with AMD hardware and drivers as well using AMD’s custom uninstall tools.

¹ Number of simultaneous jobs. Use of a workload management middleware like Altair PBS is highly recommended to ensure optimal and dedicated usage of the CPU resource.

² Typical node configuration is based on dual CPU socket processors.

³ It is extremely important to populate all the memory banks on the motherboard.

⁴ In Hybrid mode, it is recommended to set a number of MPIs that is a multiple of the number of sockets and then set the number of OpenMP in a way that number of MPIs x number of OpenMP equals the number of physical cores.

⁵ Hyper-Threading (HT) may increase performance by around 10% on single node. In this case, recommended setup is to run 2 OpenMP per MPI, with a number of MPIs that matches the total number of physical cores on the node. On multinode systems, it is better not to use HT.