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 GPU-STREAM
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+Measure memory transfer rates to/from global device memory on GPUs.
+This benchmark is similar in spirit, and based on, the STREAM benchmark [1] for CPUs.
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+Unlike other GPU memory bandwidth benchmarks this does *not* include the PCIe transfer time.
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+[1]: McCalpin, John D., 1995: "Memory Bandwidth and Machine Balance in Current High Performance Computers", IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA) Newsletter, December 1995.