diff --git a/bench-accel/bench_granular/in.granular b/bench-accel/bench_granular/in.granular
index 58bacd340..8c0f621aa 100644
--- a/bench-accel/bench_granular/in.granular
+++ b/bench-accel/bench_granular/in.granular
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 # granular chute flow
 
 units		lj
-atom_style	granular
+atom_style	sphere
 boundary	p p fs
 newton		off
 communicate	single vel yes
 
 read_data	data.granular
 
 pair_style	gran/hooke/history 200000.0 NULL 50.0 NULL 0.5 0
 pair_coeff	* *
 
 neighbor	0.1 bin
 neigh_modify    delay 5 every 1
 
 timestep	0.0001
 
 group		bottom type 2
 group		active subtract all bottom
 neigh_modify	exclude group bottom bottom
 
 fix		1 all gravity 1.0 chute 26.0
 fix		2 bottom freeze
 fix		3 active nve/sphere
 
 compute		1 all erotate/sphere
 thermo_style	custom step atoms ke c_1 vol
 thermo_modify	norm no
 thermo 10
 
 run		100
diff --git a/bench-accel/bench_tersoff-table/Si.tersoff b/bench-accel/bench_tersoff-table/Si.tersoff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5709c0769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench-accel/bench_tersoff-table/Si.tersoff
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# The later Tersoff potential for Silicon
+# J. Tersoff, PRB, 39, 5566 (1989) + errata (PRB 41, 3248)
+
+Si  Si   Si     3.0 1.0 0.0 1.0039e5 16.217 -0.59825 0.78734 1.1000e-6  1.7322  471.18    2.85    0.15   2.4799  1830.8
+
diff --git a/bench-accel/bench_tersoff-table/in.tersoff-table b/bench-accel/bench_tersoff-table/in.tersoff-table
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86eb3f73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench-accel/bench_tersoff-table/in.tersoff-table
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# bulk Si via Tersoff
+
+units		metal
+atom_style	atomic
+
+lattice		diamond 5.431
+region		box block 0 20 0 20 0 10
+create_box	1 box
+create_atoms	1 box
+
+pair_style	tersoff/table
+pair_coeff	* * Si.tersoff Si
+mass            1 28.06
+
+velocity	all create 1000.0 376847 loop geom
+
+neighbor	1.0 bin
+neigh_modify    delay 5 every 1
+
+fix		1 all nve
+
+timestep	0.001
+thermo 10
+
+run		100