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China’s LineShine Tops TOP500, Beats US El Capitan by 20%

6/28/2026

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China's LineShine supercomputer in Shenzhen topped the June 2026 TOP500, overtaking the U.S. El Capitan at Lawrence Livermore.
LineShine delivered 2,198 exaflops with 42.2 MW power, about 20% faster than El Capitan’s 1.809 exaflops, running solely on CPUs.
On the AI-focused HPL-MxP benchmark, LineShine achieved 7.92 exaflops and placed fourth.
Beijing framed the win as proof of self-reliance despite U.S. chip bans, saying AI competition will depend on compute, power and affordable data-center capacity.

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China's LineShine supercomputer in Shenzhen topped the June 2026 TOP500, overtaking the U.S. El Capitan at Lawrence Livermore.
LineShine delivered 2,198 exaflops with 42.2 MW power, about 20% faster than El Capitan’s 1.809 exaflops, running solely on CPUs.
On the AI-focused HPL-MxP benchmark, LineShine achieved 7.92 exaflops and placed fourth.
Beijing framed the win as proof of self-reliance despite U.S. chip bans, saying AI competition will depend on compute, power and affordable data-center capacity.