Should I use CPU time to compare analysis time between 2 solvers?

Samuel Asirvatham
Samuel Asirvatham Altair Community Member
edited April 16 in Community Q&A

Should I use CPU time to compare analysis time between 2 solvers? 

Answers

  • Adriano_Koga
    Adriano_Koga
    Altair Employee
    edited April 16

    use Elapsed time to get the time spent from starting your analysis and finishing it.

    This is the actual time it took for the complete analysis. CPU time takes into account parallel resources and number of CPUs used, but in the end of the day, you're probably interested in how long would you take to have the results.