Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks Comparing various Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud instances with NeCTAR 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 Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison: 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 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 |============================== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 35.93 |= 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 |================================ Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 2124 |================================= 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 |======== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 55.24 |============= 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 |============================== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 2445.34 |================= 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 |==== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 98.27 |============ 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 |==== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 40.85 |============= 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 |================================= Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 669 |=========== 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 | Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 2771000 | 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 |================================ Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 18080 |====================== 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 |=============================================================== 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 |=============================================================== 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 |=============================================================== 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 |============================== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 413.75 |========== 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 |======= 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 |==== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 698.59 |============ 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 |===== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 369.37 |============== 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 |=== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 67.84 |========== 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 |=== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 1063 |============= 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 |========= Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 156.13 |============== 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 |======== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 11.19 |============ 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 |========= 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 |=== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 391.67 |============ 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 |========== Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 1198 |============= 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 |================================ Nectar Amazon Ec2 Services Comparison . 62.27 |=====================