Mesh Partitioning Algorithm Based on Parallel Finite Element Analysis and Its Actualization

Table 2

The comparison of the partitioning time of Metis and ParMetis (second).

Partition number		4	16	64	256
Metis	I/O	2.350	2.350	2.400	2.370
	Partition	3.730	3.750	4.130	4.700
	Total time	6.080	6.100	6.530	7.070
ParMetis (2CPU)	Mesh2Dual	2.559	2.568	2.567	2.571
	Partition	1.533	1.663	1.81	2.047
	Total time	4.092	4.231	4.385	4.618