Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com comparing various Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud instances. All benchmarks done by Phoronix-Test-Suite.com and OpenBenchmarking.org. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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 idcloud2.sm1: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), OpenGL: 1.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware idcloud2.l1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DRAM, Disk: 54GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware 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 |======================================================= idcloud2.sm1 . 401.77 |============= idcloud2.l1 .. 531.96 |================= 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 |=================================================== idcloud2.sm1 . 1560 |======================================= idcloud2.l1 .. 2321 |========================================================== 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 |============== idcloud2.sm1 . 30.17 |============= idcloud2.l1 .. 30.28 |============= 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 |================================================== idcloud2.sm1 . 4658.20 |======================================================= idcloud2.l1 .. 4619.24 |======================================================= 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 |====== idcloud2.sm1 . 56.56 |============= idcloud2.l1 .. 29.88 |======= 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 |======= idcloud2.sm1 . 24.27 |============== idcloud2.l1 .. 14.02 |======== 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 |========================================================== idcloud2.sm1 . 840 |======================= idcloud2.l1 .. 1676 |=============================================== 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 | idcloud2.sm1 . 2061333 | idcloud2.l1 .. 4098333 | 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 |=============================================== idcloud2.sm1 . 32018 |======================================================== idcloud2.l1 .. 32432 |========================================================= 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 |========================================================= idcloud2.sm1 . 30.92 |============================= idcloud2.l1 .. 53.52 |================================================== 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 |============================================================ idcloud2.sm1 . 13 |==================== idcloud2.l1 .. 25 |====================================== 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 |============================================================ idcloud2.sm1 . 52 |================================== idcloud2.l1 .. 80 |===================================================== 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 |============================================================ idcloud2.sm1 . 36 |=================================== idcloud2.l1 .. 59 |========================================================== 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 |===================================================== idcloud2.sm1 . 1325.81 |======================================================= idcloud2.l1 .. 1323.23 |======================================================= 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 |======= idcloud2.sm1 . 249.70 |================= idcloud2.l1 .. 130.37 |========= 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 |======= idcloud2.sm1 . 566.37 |================== idcloud2.l1 .. 294.27 |========== 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 |========= idcloud2.sm1 . 161.75 |=========== idcloud2.l1 .. 82.25 |====== 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 |===== idcloud2.sm1 . 42.48 |============ idcloud2.l1 .. 21.73 |====== 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 |====== idcloud2.sm1 . 602 |============= idcloud2.l1 .. 297 |====== 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 |================ idcloud2.sm1 . 92.27 |=============== idcloud2.l1 .. 93.49 |================ 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 |============== idcloud2.sm1 . 6.42 |============ idcloud2.l1 .. 6.43 |============ 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 |========= idcloud2.sm1 . 31.98 |=============== idcloud2.l1 .. 23.96 |=========== 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 |===== idcloud2.sm1 . 276.01 |=============== idcloud2.l1 .. 138.50 |======== 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 |================== idcloud2.sm1 . 823 |================ idcloud2.l1 .. 827 |================ 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 |=================================================== idcloud2.sm1 . 102.97 |======================================================== idcloud2.l1 .. 102.67 |========================================================