Amazon EC2 Cloud Linux Performance Comparison
NeCTAR comparison with  New Amazon c3.large vs. c3.xlarge vs. c3.2xlarge vs. c3.4xlarge vs. c3.8xlarge instance type with Ivy Bridge


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

nectar_m1_small: 

	Processor: AMD Opteron 62xx class @ 2.60GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-70-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600


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   |==
nectar_m1_small ..... 1913.19 |================================================


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   |=
nectar_m1_small ..... 186.19 |=================================================


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  |==
nectar_m1_small ..... 388.91 |=================================================


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 |======================
nectar_m1_small ..... 38.30  |======


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  |==
nectar_m1_small ..... 625.82 |=================================================


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  |==
nectar_m1_small ..... 302.18 |=================================================


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 |==================================================
nectar_m1_small ..... 678   |==


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 |===============================================
nectar_m1_small ..... 2764000  |====


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  |===
nectar_m1_small ..... 691.55 |=================================================


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   |=
nectar_m1_small ..... 369.55 |=================================================


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  |===
nectar_m1_small ..... 67.79 |==================================================