Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux Performance Comparison
testHD


AMD Opteron 2384: 

	Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

AMD FX-8150: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) (MS-7641) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (675/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.2-7ubuntu1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

AMD FX-8350: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core i7 4960X: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

c3.large: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.2xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.79GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.4xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (16 Cores), Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

c3.8xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (32 Cores), Memory: 60416MB, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 4.2.amazon Hypervisor

mystack: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 2850 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3

	OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

mystack-m3.xlarge: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E7- 2850 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 2048 MB + 1024 MB DRAM, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk + 11GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3

	OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware

Poseidon: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 @ 2.79GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 16384 MB DRAM, Disk: 215GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3

	OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.5, Kernel: 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7 20120313, File-System: ext4, System Layer: VMware


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 545.82  |=============
AMD FX-8150 ......... 276.37  |=======
AMD FX-8350 ......... 234.82  |======
Intel Core i7 4960X . 239.15  |======
c3.large ............ 938.53  |=======================
c3.xlarge ........... 483.24  |============
c3.2xlarge .......... 255.00  |======
c3.4xlarge .......... 133.71  |===
c3.8xlarge .......... 68.80   |==
mystack ............. 1991.22 |================================================
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 1039.42 |=========================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 43.09  |=============
AMD FX-8150 ......... 20.47  |======
AMD FX-8350 ......... 17.40  |=====
Intel Core i7 4960X . 10.36  |===
c3.large ............ 69.03  |=====================
c3.xlarge ........... 35.34  |===========
c3.2xlarge .......... 18.58  |======
c3.4xlarge .......... 9.57   |===
c3.8xlarge .......... 5.37   |==
mystack ............. 164.30 |=================================================
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 80.79  |========================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencl
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 94.04  |============================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 41.94  |============
AMD FX-8350 ......... 39.13  |===========
Intel Core i7 4960X . 35.68  |==========
c3.large ............ 123.49 |====================================
c3.xlarge ........... 67.67  |====================
c3.2xlarge .......... 34.53  |==========
c3.4xlarge .......... 19.01  |======
c3.8xlarge .......... 11.96  |====
mystack ............. 167.02 |=================================================
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 89.18  |==========================


Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP MRI Gridding
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 79.08  |============
AMD FX-8150 ......... 321.33 |=================================================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 256.29 |=======================================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 51.92  |========
c3.large ............ 14.34  |==
c3.xlarge ........... 28.29  |====
c3.2xlarge .......... 44.74  |=======
c3.4xlarge .......... 70.87  |===========
c3.8xlarge .......... 144.11 |======================
mystack ............. 75.06  |===========
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 129.69 |====================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 234.54 |=============
AMD FX-8150 ......... 89.84  |=====
AMD FX-8350 ......... 82.95  |=====
Intel Core i7 4960X . 66.23  |====
c3.large ............ 403.02 |=======================
c3.xlarge ........... 205.14 |============
c3.2xlarge .......... 104.42 |======
c3.4xlarge .......... 56.44  |===
c3.8xlarge .......... 28.61  |==
mystack ............. 869.94 |=================================================
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 444.75 |=========================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 67.05  |==============
AMD FX-8150 ......... 40.60  |=========
AMD FX-8350 ......... 33.86  |=======
Intel Core i7 4960X . 32.65  |=======
c3.large ............ 100.87 |=====================
c3.xlarge ........... 52.65  |===========
c3.2xlarge .......... 28.03  |======
c3.4xlarge .......... 18.25  |====
c3.8xlarge .......... 13.49  |===
mystack ............. 233.13 |=================================================
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 121.31 |=========================


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 2966  |=======
AMD FX-8150 ......... 6415  |================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 7120  |==================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 8922  |======================
c3.large ............ 1247  |===
c3.xlarge ........... 2512  |======
c3.2xlarge .......... 5023  |=============
c3.4xlarge .......... 10013 |=========================
c3.8xlarge .......... 19968 |==================================================
mystack ............. 493   |=
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 963   |==
Poseidon ............ 2602  |=======


John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 9546000  |==============
AMD FX-8150 ......... 17224333 |========================
AMD FX-8350 ......... 19168667 |===========================
Intel Core i7 4960X . 14891667 |=====================
c3.large ............ 2095333  |===
c3.xlarge ........... 4190667  |======
c3.2xlarge .......... 8354000  |============
c3.4xlarge .......... 16777000 |========================
c3.8xlarge .......... 33128000 |===============================================
mystack ............. 3429333  |=====
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 6814667  |==========
Poseidon ............ 8377000  |============


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 167.40 |===========
AMD FX-8150 ......... 100.34 |======
AMD FX-8350 ......... 83.61  |=====
Intel Core i7 4960X . 62.28  |====
c3.large ............ 487.69 |===============================
c3.xlarge ........... 244.67 |================
c3.2xlarge .......... 125.87 |========
c3.4xlarge .......... 69.97  |====
c3.8xlarge .......... 40.38  |===
mystack ............. 765.58 |=================================================
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 385.21 |=========================
Poseidon ............ 163.94 |==========


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 54.13  |======
AMD FX-8150 ......... 29.97  |===
AMD FX-8350 ......... 25.86  |===
Intel Core i7 4960X . 21.64  |==
c3.large ............ 141.81 |================
c3.xlarge ........... 70.87  |========
c3.2xlarge .......... 35.44  |====
c3.4xlarge .......... 17.73  |==
c3.8xlarge .......... 8.91   |=
mystack ............. 445.94 |=================================================
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 221.30 |========================
Poseidon ............ 83.07  |=========


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Opteron 2384 .... 16.30 |===========
AMD FX-8150 ......... 7.49  |=====
AMD FX-8350 ......... 6.57  |====
Intel Core i7 4960X . 5.21  |====
c3.large ............ 34.96 |========================
c3.xlarge ........... 17.54 |============
c3.2xlarge .......... 8.97  |======
c3.4xlarge .......... 4.66  |===
mystack ............. 73.76 |==================================================
mystack-m3.xlarge ... 35.45 |========================