Intel® MPI Benchmarks Users Guide and Methodology Description is the user manual of Intel MPI Benchmarks published by Intel company
This guide introduces the Intel® MPI Benchmarks (IMB) suite, describing its purpose, benchmark classification (single transfer, parallel transfer, collective) and the three functional parts: IMB‑MPI1, IMB‑MPI2 (EXT and IO). It also outlines the installation steps, required tools, and quick‑start instructions.
Further sections detail the benchmark methodology, command‑line options, memory requirements per benchmark, result‑checking flags, and revision history. The document is intended for developers and users who need to run MPI performance tests on Intel platforms.
| Version | 3.0 |
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| Message length range | 0 to 4,194,304 bytes |
A C compiler, cpp, and make are required, along with an MPI installation.
Use the "-help" flag to show the calling sequence for each benchmark application.