Amazon Linux Cloud Benchmarks May 2015
AWS vs OpenStack


Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.89GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03, Kernel: 3.14.35-28.38.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20140120, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB

	OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.1, Kernel: 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: xfs, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 16384 MB + 14336 MB RAM, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, Kernel: 3.12.28-4-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.89GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 8GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-48-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Debian 8.0 Jessie: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.89GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 16384 MB + 14336 MB RAM, Disk: 8GB

	OS: Debian 8.0, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1: 

	Processor: 16 x Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Class Core i7) @ 2.60GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: OpenStack Foundation Nova v2015.1.1, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB RAM QEMU, Disk: 99GB

	OS: Debian 8.2, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext3, System Layer: KVM


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 4385 |=================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 4464 |==================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 4658 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 4601 |===================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 5034 |======================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 2408 |==================


Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 7.86 |==============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 8.02 |===============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 7.81 |==============================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 7.85 |==============================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 7.72 |==============================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 9.93 |======================================


Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 2250 |=====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 2257 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 2297 |======================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 1973 |=================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 1950 |================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 11370 |=====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 11270 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 11428 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 11443 |=====================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 11186 |====================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 8510  |============================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 17720000 |==================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 17510667 |=================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 17804667 |==================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 17733667 |==================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 17742667 |==================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 14281000 |===========================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 144612 |====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 143604 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 145526 |====================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 144708 |====================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 144324 |====================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 125052 |===============================


x264 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 297.76 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 296.83 |====================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 291.59 |===================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 294.47 |====================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 196.84 |========================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 1546.44 |===============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 1553.41 |===============================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 1555.68 |===============================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 1731.48 |===================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 1742.46 |===================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 57.22 |================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 60.02 |==================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 58.73 |=================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 62.97 |====================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 65.39 |=====================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 55.47 |===============================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 13.31 |=====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 13.45 |=====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 13.25 |====================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 13.30 |=====================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 13.26 |====================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 9.82  |===========================


Primesieve 5.4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 45.85 |=====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 46.11 |=====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 45.63 |=====================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 46.03 |=====================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 45.92 |=====================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 33.33 |===========================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 3936 |=====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 3795 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 3803 |===================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 3887 |====================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 4082 |======================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 8.48 |======================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 8.52 |======================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 8.45 |======================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 8.47 |======================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 7.26 |================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 7.89 |===================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 14.90 |===================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 15.76 |=====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 14.84 |===================================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 14.90 |===================================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 13.79 |================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 12.84 |==============================


FFmpeg 2.6.2
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 12.23 |================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 12.32 |================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 12.23 |================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 12.15 |================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 27.66 |=====================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 1053.73 |=========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 ..... 1056.53 |=========================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 1070.40 |=========================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 1053.40 |=========================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 1053.50 |=========================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 1493.77 |===================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Amazon Linux AMI 2015.03 ......... 29575.16 |=============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 .. 22832.39 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ............... 31409.23 |==============================
Debian 8.0 Jessie ................ 35129.31 |==================================
Debian Wheezy OpenStack-2015.1.1 . 21876.54 |=====================