Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com comparing various Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud instances. All benchmarks done by Phoronix-Test-Suite.com and OpenBenchmarking.org. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. m1.small: Processor: Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.large: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m3.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor QEMU Virtual 1.4.1: Processor: QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 @ 2.09GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v2013.1.4, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB RAM, Disk: 7GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 3.0.93-0.5-default (x86_64), Display Driver: cirrus 1.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.3, File-System: ext3, System Layer: QEMU 1.4.1 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 35.29 |= m1.medium .......... 59.04 |== m1.large ........... 195.96 |===== m1.xlarge .......... 693.57 |=================== m3.xlarge .......... 1766.91 |================================================= QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 695.50 |=================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 416 |=========== m1.medium .......... 1503 |====================================== m1.large ........... 1605 |========================================= m1.xlarge .......... 1284 |================================= m3.xlarge .......... 2049 |==================================================== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 1474 |===================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small .. 128.75 |=========================================================== m1.medium . 54.76 |========================= m1.large .. 55.59 |========================= m1.xlarge . 67.74 |=============================== m3.xlarge . 32.28 |=============== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 1244.62 |=============== m1.medium .......... 2509.43 |============================= m1.large ........... 2599.04 |============================== m1.xlarge .......... 2523.43 |============================= m3.xlarge .......... 4203.54 |================================================= QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 2156.33 |========================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 248.29 |================================================== m1.medium .......... 116.91 |======================== m1.large ........... 57.56 |============ m1.xlarge .......... 37.71 |======== m3.xlarge .......... 28.27 |====== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 16.90 |=== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 97.53 |=================================================== m1.medium .......... 42.90 |====================== m1.large ........... 26.64 |============== m1.xlarge .......... 16.47 |========= m3.xlarge .......... 11.94 |====== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 12.05 |====== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 252 |=== m1.medium .......... 432 |===== m1.large ........... 1076 |============ m1.xlarge .......... 1989 |====================== m3.xlarge .......... 2074 |======================= QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 4784 |==================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 895772333 |=============================================== m1.medium .......... 2146667 | m1.large ........... 3860667 | m1.xlarge .......... 8103500 | m3.xlarge .......... 8240667 | QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 14723333 |= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 8529 |================ m1.medium .......... 16432 |=============================== m1.large ........... 17556 |================================= m1.xlarge .......... 18224 |=================================== m3.xlarge .......... 26892 |=================================================== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 6987 |============= x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small .. 7.61 |======== m1.medium . 16.33 |================ m1.large .. 30.40 |============================== m1.xlarge . 48.10 |=============================================== m3.xlarge . 60.82 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 5 |===== m1.medium .......... 8 |======== m1.large ........... 17 |================= m1.xlarge .......... 28 |============================ m3.xlarge .......... 39 |======================================= QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 54 |====================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 14 |======== m1.medium .......... 29 |================= m1.large ........... 45 |=========================== m1.xlarge .......... 57 |================================== m3.xlarge .......... 91 |====================================================== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 81 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 10 |======== m1.medium .......... 20 |================= m1.large ........... 33 |============================ m1.xlarge .......... 46 |======================================= m3.xlarge .......... 61 |=================================================== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 64 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 320.44 |============ m1.medium .......... 758.05 |============================= m1.large ........... 744.23 |============================= m1.xlarge .......... 593.28 |======================= m3.xlarge .......... 1268.27 |================================================= QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 330.30 |============= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 821.76 |================================================== m1.medium .......... 360.01 |====================== m1.large ........... 179.52 |=========== m1.xlarge .......... 123.88 |======== m3.xlarge .......... 97.99 |====== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 77.09 |===== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small .. 1685.11 |========================================================== m1.medium . 812.66 |============================ m1.large .. 374.75 |============= m1.xlarge . 233.92 |======== m3.xlarge . 211.43 |======= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 802.18 |================================================== m1.medium .......... 429.75 |=========================== m1.large ........... 190.58 |============ m1.xlarge .......... 107.69 |======= m3.xlarge .......... 125.53 |======== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 77.07 |===== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 206.23 |================================================== m1.medium .......... 80.44 |==================== m1.large ........... 44.50 |=========== m1.xlarge .......... 19.54 |===== m3.xlarge .......... 18.97 |===== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 11.66 |=== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 2669 |==================================================== m1.medium .......... 1286 |========================= m1.large ........... 635 |============ m1.xlarge .......... 331 |====== m3.xlarge .......... 265 |===== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 155 |=== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 336.84 |================================================== m1.medium .......... 168.41 |========================= m1.large ........... 152.12 |======================= m1.xlarge .......... 169.75 |========================= m3.xlarge .......... 97.60 |============== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 166.74 |========================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 29.64 |=================================================== m1.medium .......... 12.47 |===================== m1.large ........... 13.94 |======================== m1.xlarge .......... 14.60 |========================= m3.xlarge .......... 7.37 |============= QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 12.92 |====================== FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 122.54 |================================================== m1.medium .......... 57.46 |======================= m1.large ........... 34.35 |============== m1.xlarge .......... 28.53 |============ m3.xlarge .......... 19.71 |======== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 41.11 |================= N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 1000.52 |================================================= m1.medium .......... 457.55 |====================== m1.large ........... 238.75 |============ m1.xlarge .......... 114.65 |====== m3.xlarge .......... 98.47 |===== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 49.49 |== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 2997 |==================================================== m1.medium .......... 1557 |=========================== m1.large ........... 1450 |========================= m1.xlarge .......... 1620 |============================ m3.xlarge .......... 933 |================ QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 2024 |=================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 21.13 |============ m1.medium .......... 55.77 |============================== m1.large ........... 44.43 |======================== m1.xlarge .......... 43.23 |======================== m3.xlarge .......... 93.40 |=================================================== QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 . 60.20 |=================================