Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks Amazon Ec2 vs NeCTAR Melbourne 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.m1.medium: Processor: AMD Opteron 62xx class @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 1 x 8192 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 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.m1.medium . 156.76 |======================== 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.m1.medium . 11.25 |==================== 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.m1.medium . 49.61 |========== 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.m1.medium . 24.01 |============= 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.m1.medium . 385.79 |================ 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.m1.medium . 54.98 |====================== 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.m1.medium . 2395.46 |============================= 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.m1.medium . 1879 |================================================== 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.m1.medium . 194.67 |========== 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 |======= 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.m1.medium . 1352 |=================================== 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.m1.medium . 5434333 | 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.m1.medium . 18115 |==================================== 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.m1.medium . 34.19 |========= 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.m1.medium . 355.17 |=========== 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 |=============================================================== 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 |============================================================ 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.m1.medium . 185.36 |============ 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.m1.medium . 1198 |====================== 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 |========= 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.m1.medium . 532 |=========== 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.m1.medium . 62.27 |=================================== 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.m1.medium . 41.41 |=