Re: [gmx-users] what is the difference between the 2016.x and the 5.x series?

Additionally, if you care about getting the best performance on your hardware be aware that distro-packaged GROMACS versions are generally optimized for the lowest common denominator CPU architectural capabilities and will not be able to make the best use of modern CPU instructions sets. Hence, if

Re: [gmx-users] what is the difference between the 2016.x and the 5.x series?

will do, thanks for the tip. On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Mark Abraham wrote: > Hi, > > That kind of information is in the release notes, e.g. at > http://manual.gromacs.org/documentation/. Perhaps you want to start with > the 2016 ones :-) > > Mark > > On Wed,

Re: [gmx-users] what is the difference between the 2016.x and the 5.x series?

Hi, That kind of information is in the release notes, e.g. at http://manual.gromacs.org/documentation/. Perhaps you want to start with the 2016 ones :-) Mark On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 5:39 PM Jose Borreguero wrote: > Dear Gromacs users, > > I'm a relatively new user of

[gmx-users] what is the difference between the 2016.x and the 5.x series?

Dear Gromacs users, I'm a relatively new user of Gromacs and recently realized there is a "2016" branch that is still being updated. What is the difference with the 5.x branch? I ask because I could find RPM packages only for the 2016 version, much easier to install than building from source.