A GPU-Based Parallel Procedure for Nonlinear Analysis of Complex Structures Using a Coupled FEM/DEM Approach

Table 1

Specifications of the GPUs [26–28] used in this study.

Model	GeForce GTX580	GeForce GTX670	GeForce GTX680
GPU	GF110	GK104	GK110
Number of CUDA cores	512	1344	1536
Number of SMs	16	8	8
Processor clock (MHz)	1544	980	1006–1058
Memory	3 GB DDR5	4 GB DDR5	2 GB DDR5
Memory bandwidth (GB/s)	192.4	192.2	192.2