Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks 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.xxlarge: Processor: AMD Opteron 62xx class @ 2.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 4 x 16384 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.m1.xxlarge . 862.21 |======================== 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.xxlarge . 1870 |================================================ 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.xxlarge . 55.18 |====================== 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.xxlarge . 2377.51 |============================ 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.xxlarge . 14.15 |=== 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.xxlarge . 18.14 |========== 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.xxlarge . 9219 |===================================================== 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.xxlarge . 23701667 |= 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.xxlarge . 18112 |=================================== 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.m1.xxlarge . 435.39 |================= 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.m1.xxlarge . 64.23 |== 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.xxlarge . 27.95 |== 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.xxlarge . 6.38 |== 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.xxlarge . 70 |= 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.xxlarge . 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.m1.xxlarge . 11.23 |==================== 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.m1.xxlarge . 26.26 |= 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.xxlarge . 1192 |===================== 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.xxlarge . 63.03 |===================================