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DO NOT use the versions intelvtune/XE2018-u03 and intelvtune/XE2019-u01 as they have bugs that influence!
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DO NOT use the versions intelvtune/XE2018-u03 and intelvtune/XE2019-u01 as they influence the performance of the nodes negatively and might produce unreadable results!
 
It is recommended to load the latest update.
 
It is recommended to load the latest update.
 
To load the GUI and run analyses from there, execute this command:
 
To load the GUI and run analyses from there, execute this command:

Revision as of 10:24, 9 January 2019

The Intel VTune™ Amplifier can be used to identify and analyse various aspects in both serial and parallel programs.

  • Hotspot Analysis
  • Concurrency Analysis
  • Hardware Performance Counter Support
  • IO waits
  • False Sharing

One usually starts off with the hotspot analysis. It identifies compute-intensive parts in the code and also evaluates the utilization of the available hardware. It is important not to neglect the serial part, as it can seriously weigh down the performance of the application no matter how efficiently parallelised the rest may be. Overhead and waiting time are collected for OpenMP applications. Other types of analysis as well as the option of a custom one are available for a finer tuning.

Intel VTune on the RWTH Cluster

Execute this command to print all available versions of the Intel VTune module (among other Intel modules):

module apropos intel

DO NOT use the versions intelvtune/XE2018-u03 and intelvtune/XE2019-u01 as they influence the performance of the nodes negatively and might produce unreadable results! It is recommended to load the latest update. To load the GUI and run analyses from there, execute this command:

amplxe-gui


References

Tutorials by Intel [1]

Intel VTune™ Amplifier Performance Analysis Cookbook [2]