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I tried making a very simple algorithm for testing the computers speed, like this
tic;
for r = 1:2000;
for c = 1:2000;
A(r,c) = r^2+sqrt(c);
end
end
toc
And it's obviously on purpose that I didn't preallocate A, since I want to stress the processor a bit. Anyway, i ran it on three different computers with follow results:
University desktop, with Ubuntu and Matlab 2010b. Time ~18 sek
Home desktop, with Windows and Matlab 2011 (i think). Time ~7 sek
Home laptop, with Ubuntu and Matlab 2011 or 2012 (dont remember) Time ~4 sek
The thing that confuses me a bit, is that my Laptop is that much faster than my home desktop, since both processor, graphics card and ram should be superior on the home desktop. Can anyone help me solve this mystery?
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Jan
on 27 Apr 2012
Filling an array without pre-allocation does not stress the processor, but the memory. Therefore the processor is most of the time in sleep mode during your program runs. Matlab's collaboration with the memory manager of Window 7 is obviously better than with the manager of Ubuntu.
Matlab 2012a uses a new technique to reduce the drawbacks of a missing pre-allocation. It seems, like it allocates memory in larger chunks predictively, buit I do not know any details.
Therefore your measurements are not surprising. If you need a more detailed answer, post the exact description of the used operating systems and Matlab versions (version numbers and 32/64 bits). In addition post the amount of installed and available RAM as well as the type and speed of the RAM.
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Daniel Shub
on 27 Apr 2012
Why not just use bench?
doc bench
Your lack of preallocation is probably distorting your results for your university desktop since automatic array growth gets a lot faster in R2011a
As for your two home machines, again the version may matter since MATLAB is always improving the JIT.
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Jan
on 27 Apr 2012
It is a disadvantage, that BENCH changes its problem sizes, such that the results are not comparable. But inspite of this, BENCH is still a more reliable measurement than populating an not-allocated array. +1
Andreas Goser
on 27 Apr 2012
Other contributing factors could be
- 32/64 architecture of machine in combination of 32/64 MATLAB
- BLAS routines, e.g. the MKL library for Intel processors
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Jakob Sørensen
on 27 Apr 2012
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Daniel Shub
on 27 Apr 2012
So you are using a recommendation I gave, but you accepted Jan's answer and didn't even give me an upvote :(
Jeremy Irons
on 13 Feb 2018
clear all;
theta=0.002;
lambda1=0.0005;
lambda2=0.0008;
lambda3=0.0012;
I0=1;
x=linspace(-0.2,0.2);
I1=I0*(cos((pi./2)+(2.*pi.*x.*tan(theta))/lambda1).^2);
I2=I0*(cos((pi./2)+(2.*pi.*x.*tan(theta))/lambda2).^2);
I3=I0*(cos((pi./2)+(2.*pi.*x.*tan(theta))/lambda3).^2);
plot(x,I1,x,I2,x,I3)
legend('lambda=0.0005','lambda=0.0008','lambda=0.0012');
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Jeremy Irons
on 13 Feb 2018
%3
clear;
Na = 6.022*10^23;
kB = 1.38*10^-23;
u = 1.66*10^-27;
mH2 = 2*u;
mO2 = 32*u;
mN2 = 28*u;
v = 0:2000;
fvH2 = 4.*pi.*(mH2./(2.*pi.*kB.*300)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mH2.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*300));
fvO2 = 4.*pi.*(mO2./(2.*pi.*kB.*300)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mO2.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*300));
fvN2 = 4.*pi.*(mN2./(2.*pi.*kB.*300)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mN2.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*300));
fvH2_2 = 4.*pi.*(mH2./(2.*pi.*kB.*70)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mH2.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*70));
fvH2_3 = 4.*pi.*(mH2./(2.*pi.*kB.*500)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mH2.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*500));
subplot(2,1,1);
hold on;
plot(v,fvH2)
plot(v,fvO2)
plot(v,fvN2)
xlabel('v [m/s]');
ylabel('f(v)');
legend('H2','O2','N2');
subplot(2,1,2);
hold on;
plot(v,fvH2)
plot(v,fvH2_2)
plot(v,fvH2_3)
xlabel('v [m/s]');
ylabel('f(v)');
legend('300K','70K','500K');
Andrew Jordan
on 13 Feb 2018
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clear all;
theta = 0.002;
lambda = [0.0005, 0.0008, 0.0012];
I0 = 1;
x = linspace(-0.2, 0.2);
I1 = I0*(cos((pi./2)+(2.*pi.*x.*tan(theta))/lambda(1)).^2);
I2 = I0*(cos((pi./2)+(2.*pi.*x.*tan(theta))/lambda(2)).^2);
I3 = I0*(cos((pi./2)+(2.*pi.*x.*tan(theta))/lambda(3)).^2);
plot(x, I1, x, I2, x, I3)
xlabel('X');
ylabel('I');
legend('0.0005','0.0008','0.0012');
title('Rozklad natezenia');
for j = length(lambda)
d(j) = lambda(j)/sin(theta);
end
figure
plot(lambda, d)
title('d(lambda)')
xlabel('Dlugosc swiatla lambda')
ylabel('Odleglosc d')
2
clear all;
D = 4000;
lambda = 0.05;
I0 = 1;
d = 5;
a = 4;
tx = -75:1:75;
ty = -75:1:75;
[X,Y] = meshgrid(tx,ty);
I = I0.*((sin((pi.*d.*Y)./(lambda.*D)))./((pi*d*Y)/(lambda.*D))).^2*I0.*((sin((pi.*d.*X)./(lambda.*D)))./((pi*d*X)/(lambda.*D))).^2;
hold on;
subplot(1,2,1)
surf(X,Y,I)
title('Rozklad natezenia')
xlabel('x')
ylabel('y');
zlabel('I')
subplot(1,2,2)
contour(X,Y,I,200)
title('Kontur natezenia')
xlabel('x')
ylabel('y');
zlabel('I')
hold off;
3
clear;
Na = 6.022*10^23;
kB = 1.38*10^-23;
u = 1.66*10^-27;
mH = 2*u;
mO = 32*u;
mN = 28*u;
v = 0:5000;
fH = 4.*pi.*(mH./(2.*pi.*kB.*300)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mH.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*300));
fO = 4.*pi.*(mO./(2.*pi.*kB.*300)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mO.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*300));
fN = 4.*pi.*(mN./(2.*pi.*kB.*300)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mN.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*300));
fK70 = 4.*pi.*(mH./(2.*pi.*kB.*70)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mH.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*78));
fK500 = 4.*pi.*(mH./(2.*pi.*kB.*500)).^(3./2).*v.^2.*exp(-(mH.*v.^2)./(2.*kB.*500));
subplot(2,1,1);
hold on;
plot(v,fH)
plot(v,fO)
plot(v,fN)
title('Rozklad predkosci czastek gazu Maxwella temperaturze 300K');
xlabel('v [m/s]');
ylabel('f(v)');
legend('H2','O2','N2');
subplot(2,1,2);
hold on;
plot(v,fK70)
plot(v,fH)
plot(v,fK500)
title('Rozklad predkosci czastek gazu Maxwella dla H2');
xlabel('v [m/s]');
ylabel('f(v)');
legend('Temperatura = 78K', 'Temepratura = 300K', 'Temperatura = 500K')
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