I've run this particular AMD system in 3 ways: - Non-NUMA - 2 nodes per socket - 4 nodes per socket The 4NPS gives the best performance, followed by 2NPS, foll

I've run this particular AMD system in 3 ways: - Non-NUMA - 2 nodes per socket - 4 nodes per socket The 4NPS gives the best performance, followed by 2NPS, followed by non-NUMA. This surprised me as well.