Amazon EC2 Amazon AMI Linux RHEL Ubuntu

Benchmarking of Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) with c1.xlarge instance when comparing Linux x86_64 performance using the Linux distributions of Amazon Linux AMI and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 (RHEL 6.3).

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1207182-SU-AMAZONVIR43&grs&sro.

Amazon EC2 Amazon AMI Linux RHEL UbuntuProcessorMemoryDiskOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemSystem LayerUbuntu 12.04 LTSAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores)7168MB8GBUbuntu 12.043.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64)GCC 4.6ext4Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 HypervisorAmazon Linux AMI 2012.033.2.21-1.32.6.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.4.6 20110731Intel Xeon E5506 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores)6GBRedHatEnterpriseServer 6.32.6.32-276.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.4.6 20120305OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03: --build=x86_64-amazon-linux --disable-gjdoc --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ppl --with-tune=generic - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-ppl --with-tune=generic System Details- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3: SELinux: Enabled.

Amazon EC2 Amazon AMI Linux RHEL Ubuntumrbayes: Primate Phylogeny Analysissmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Aapache: Static Web Page Servingnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishnpb: CG.Bcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionnpb: FT.Bhmmer: Pfam Database Searchminion: Solitairemafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentc-ray: Total Timeminion: Bibdminion: Quasigroupbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilecompress-lzma: 256MB File Compressionminion: Gracefulgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Sharpennpb: EP.Bgraphics-magick: Resizingencode-mp3: WAV To MP3graphics-magick: HWB Color Spacehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvergraphics-magick: Bluropenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondx264: H.264 Video Encodingvpxenc: vpxenclammps: Rhodopsin Proteinffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineUbuntu 12.04 LTSAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.326.84343711.4132.269313.087470.652448.674500933.498.494107.6718.01202.379.1047.27231.49277.17119.26237.12131.104546161.528128.4594727.405934.25967.9098.0615.9784.012863.1573.781233558.8729.786692.812442.064409942.218.784315.6318.04222.279.7751.30251.87275.09121.92243.78131.834645160.367928.3092688.805934.103044.2999.13411118.039.863127.813460.951214.692409516.6913.912829.8625.70273.5811.8757.54270.28318.71137.59272.15149.664141144.167530.0989702.375632.602918.70OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed MrBayes Analysis

Primate Phylogeny Analysis

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny AnalysisAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 373.7899.1326.84

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31234134-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS8001600240032004000SE +/- 49.75, N = 6SE +/- 12.67, N = 3SE +/- 37.90, N = 33558.871118.033711.411. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS714212835SE +/- 0.51, N = 4SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 329.789.8632.261. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 19.48, N = 3SE +/- 27.97, N = 33127.819313.081. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -O3 -march=native -lm -lexpat -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS16003200480064008000SE +/- 71.24, N = 3SE +/- 54.63, N = 3SE +/- 114.79, N = 66692.813460.957470.651. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS5001000150020002500SE +/- 49.00, N = 6SE +/- 11.82, N = 3SE +/- 40.28, N = 42442.061214.692448.671. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS10002000300040005000SE +/- 56.46, N = 3SE +/- 26.85, N = 3SE +/- 67.26, N = 44409240945001. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: CG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS2004006008001000SE +/- 7.07, N = 3SE +/- 8.86, N = 6SE +/- 9.81, N = 3942.21516.69933.491. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS48121620SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 4SE +/- 0.11, N = 68.7813.918.491. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS9001800270036004500SE +/- 24.20, N = 3SE +/- 10.72, N = 3SE +/- 18.59, N = 34315.632829.864107.671. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS612182430SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 618.0425.7018.01-O2-O3 -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: SolitaireAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS60120180240300SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3222.27273.58202.37-fPIC-fPIC1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS3691215SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 4SE +/- 0.15, N = 69.7711.879.101. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS1326395265SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 351.3057.5447.27-march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Minion

Benchmark: Bibd

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: BibdAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS60120180240300SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3251.87270.28231.49-fPIC-fPIC1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

Minion

Benchmark: Quasigroup

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: QuasigroupAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS70140210280350SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3275.09318.71277.17-fPIC-fPIC1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3121.92137.59119.26

LZMA Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLZMA Compression256MB File CompressionAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS60120180240300SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 2.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3243.78272.15237.12-O2-O3 -march=native1. (CC) gcc options:

Minion

Benchmark: Graceful

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: GracefulAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3131.83149.66131.10-fPIC-fPIC1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS1020304050SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3464145-O2-O3 -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: SharpenAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS1020304050SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3454146-O2-O3 -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS4080120160200SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 1.18, N = 3160.36144.16161.521. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3797581-O2-O3 -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 528.3030.0928.45

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3928994-O2-O3 -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS160320480640800SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 2.26, N = 3SE +/- 2.04, N = 3688.80702.37727.40-march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -O3

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS1326395265SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3595659-O2-O3 -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS816243240SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 434.1032.6034.251. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11TPC-B Transactions Per SecondUbuntu 12.04 LTS2004006008001000SE +/- 10.03, N = 3967.901. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2011-12-06H.264 Video EncodingUbuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100SE +/- 2.06, N = 698.06

VP8 libvpx Encoding

vpxenc

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencUbuntu 12.04 LTS48121620SE +/- 0.19, N = 315.971. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

Test: Rhodopsin Protein

OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinUbuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100SE +/- 0.09, N = 384.011. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineAmazon Linux AMI 2012.03Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Ubuntu 12.04 LTS7001400210028003500SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 70.77, N = 63044.292918.702863.15-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt-pthread -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -lm1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp


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