Stata/MP is the fastest edition of Stata and handles the largest number of variables (up to 120,000) and observations (up to 20 billion). On dual-core chips, Stata/MP runs 40% faster overall and 72% faster where it matters, on the time-consuming estimation commands. With more than two cores or processors, Stata/MP is even faster. Find out more about Stata/MP.
Stata/SE can run on single-core or multi-core computers and it comes with the same powerful data management, graphics, statistics, and automated reporting features as Stata/MP. Stata/SE can analyze datasets with up to 10,998 independent variables, and up to 2 billion observations.
Stata/BE, like Stata/SE comes with the same powerful data management, graphics, statistics, and automated reporting features, but is intended for use with mid-sized datasets. Stata/BE allows datasets with as many as 2,048 independent variables and 2 billion observations.
Feature |
Stata/BE(Basic edition) |
Stata/SE(Standard edition) |
Stata/MP |
Stata/MP |
Stata/MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum number of variables | |||||
| Up to 2,048 variables | |||||
| Up to 32,767 variables | |||||
| Up to 120,000 variables | |||||
| Maximum number of observations | |||||
| Up to 2.14 billion | |||||
| Up to 20 billion | |||||
| Runs most estimation commands: | |||||
| Fast | |||||
| Twice as fast as Fast | |||||
| Almost four times as fast as Fast | |||||
| Evan faster | |||||
| Time to run logistic regression with 10 million observations and 20 covariates | |||||
| 20 seconds | |||||
| 10 seconds | |||||
| 5.2 seconds | |||||
| Less than 5.2 seconds | |||||
| Maximum number of independent variables | |||||
| Up to 798 | |||||
| Up to 10,998 | |||||
| Up to 65,532 | |||||
| Complete suite of statistical features | |||||
| Publication-quality graphics | |||||
| Extensive data management facilities | |||||
| Truly reproducible research | |||||
| Comprehensive reporting | |||||
| Powerful programming language | |||||
| Complete PDF documentation | |||||
| World-class technical support | |||||
| Inclusive of in-release updates | |||||
| Windows, macOS, and Linux | |||||
| And more for your data science needs... | |||||
| Memory requirements | 1GB | 2GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB |
| Disc space requirements | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB |