
Stata/MP is the multiprocessor and multicore edition of Stata. Its primary purpose is to run faster. Most of the new features in Stata 15 have been parallelized to run faster on Stata/MP, sometimes much faster.
Here's a summary of how much faster for some of the new features.
Time to run | |||
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Feature | 1 core | 2 cores | 4 cores |
ERMs | 100 | 60 | 40 |
LCA | 100 | 57 | 36 |
Bayes prefix1 | 100 | 55 | 32 |
DSGEs | 100 | 100 | 100 |
FMMs | 100 | 62 | 43 |
GSEM w/ groups | 100 | 59 | 39 |
Nonparametric regression | 100 | 86 | 80 |
Interval survival | 100 | 54 | 31 |
Threshold regression | 100 | 96 | 94 |
Multilevel tobit | 100 | 55 | 33 |
Theoretical limit | 100 | 50 | 25 |
We know this is a partial list. We haven't yet fully tested the speed of all the new features. When we have, the full timings will be found in the Stata/MP Performance Report.
Read more about the multiprocessing capabilities of Stata/MP.