One RTX 5090 vs a 12-GPU Cluster — Benchmarking a Decade of GPUs on the Same Go Proof

A hardware benchmark compares a single RTX 5090 against a 2017 12-GPU cluster using Go solvers to mathematically prove game outcomes. While the first test showed the RTX 5090's progress over a decade, a second test revealed a CPU-bound scenario. In this instance, the RTX 5090 remained idle while the CPU processed 117 life-and-death puzzles from Cho Chikun's encyclopedia, highlighting the critical role of L2 cache in exhaustive solver performance.