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).

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Amazon EC2 Amazon AMI Linux RHEL UbuntuProcessorMemoryDiskOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemSystem LayerUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores)7168MB8GBUbuntu 12.043.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64)GCC 4.6ext4Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 HypervisorIntel Xeon E5506 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores)6GBRedHatEnterpriseServer 6.32.6.32-276.el6.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.4.6 20120305Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores)8GBAmazon Linux AMI 2012.033.2.21-1.32.6.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.4.6 20110731OpenBenchmarking.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 - 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 - 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 System Details- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3: SELinux: Enabled.

Amazon EC2 Amazon AMI Linux RHEL Ubuntuvpxenc: vpxencx264: H.264 Video Encodinggraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishapache: Static Web Page Servingopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancenpb: CG.Bnpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Apgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondlammps: Rhodopsin Proteinhmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentmrbayes: Primate Phylogeny Analysisbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplescompress-lzma: 256MB File Compressionencode-mp3: WAV To MP3minion: Bibdminion: Gracefulminion: Solitaireminion: QuasigroupUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0315.9798.0659468194452863.15727.4045009313.0834.25933.49161.524107.677470.652448.673711.4132.26967.9084.0118.019.1026.84119.2647.278.4934237.1228.45231.49131.10202.37277.1756417589412918.70702.3724093127.8132.60516.69144.162829.863460.951214.691118.039.8625.7011.8799.13137.5957.5413.9141272.1530.09270.28149.66273.58318.7159457992463044.29688.80440934.10942.21160.364315.636692.812442.063558.8729.7818.049.7773.78121.9251.308.78123243.7828.30251.87131.83222.27275.09OpenBenchmarking.org

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

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

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.031326395265SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3595659-O3 -march=native-O21. (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: SharpenUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.031020304050SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3464145-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0320406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3817579-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0320406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3948992-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.031020304050SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3454146-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.037001400210028003500SE +/- 70.77, N = 6SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 32863.152918.703044.29-pthread -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -lm-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03160320480640800SE +/- 2.04, N = 3SE +/- 2.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3727.40702.37688.80-march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -O3

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0310002000300040005000SE +/- 67.26, N = 4SE +/- 26.85, N = 3SE +/- 56.46, N = 34500240944091. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.32K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 27.97, N = 3SE +/- 19.48, N = 39313.083127.811. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -O3 -march=native -lm -lexpat -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03816243240SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 434.2532.6034.101. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: CG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.032004006008001000SE +/- 9.81, N = 3SE +/- 8.86, N = 6SE +/- 7.07, N = 3933.49516.69942.211. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.034080120160200SE +/- 1.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 1.55, N = 3161.52144.16160.361. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.039001800270036004500SE +/- 18.59, N = 3SE +/- 10.72, N = 3SE +/- 24.20, N = 34107.672829.864315.631. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0316003200480064008000SE +/- 114.79, N = 6SE +/- 54.63, N = 3SE +/- 71.24, N = 37470.653460.956692.811. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.035001000150020002500SE +/- 40.28, N = 4SE +/- 11.82, N = 3SE +/- 49.00, N = 62448.671214.692442.061. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.038001600240032004000SE +/- 37.90, N = 3SE +/- 12.67, N = 3SE +/- 49.75, N = 63711.411118.033558.871. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03714212835SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 432.269.8629.781. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

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

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

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03612182430SE +/- 0.37, N = 6SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 318.0125.7018.04-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.033691215SE +/- 0.15, N = 6SE +/- 0.18, N = 4SE +/- 0.20, N = 39.1011.879.771. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Timed MrBayes Analysis

Primate Phylogeny Analysis

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny AnalysisUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0320406080100SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 326.8499.1373.78

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03306090120150SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3119.26137.59121.92

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.031326395265SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 347.2757.5451.30-march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0348121620SE +/- 0.11, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 4SE +/- 0.07, N = 38.4913.918.781. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lpthread -lbz2

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 33441123-O3 -march=native-O3 -march=native1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

LZMA Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLZMA Compression256MB File CompressionUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0360120180240300SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 2.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3237.12272.15243.78-O3 -march=native-O21. (CC) gcc options:

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3Ubuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 528.4530.0928.30

Minion

Benchmark: Bibd

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: BibdUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0360120180240300SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3231.49270.28251.87-fPIC-fPIC1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

Minion

Benchmark: Graceful

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: GracefulUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.03306090120150SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3131.10149.66131.83-fPIC-fPIC1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: SolitaireUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0360120180240300SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3202.37273.58222.27-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: QuasigroupUbuntu 12.04 LTSRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3Amazon Linux AMI 2012.0370140210280350SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3277.17318.71275.09-fPIC-fPIC1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt -lz -lbz2


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