Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks c4.2xlarge with magick test 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 c4.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 10GB, 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 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon macbookpro13: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1867MHz, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512G, Graphics: Intel Iris 6100 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.11.1, Kernel: 15.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 7.0.0 (clang-700.0.72) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 7.0.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 macbookpro13ubuntu2core: Processor: 2 x Intel Core i7-5557U @ 3.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 21GB VMware Virtual S, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Audio: Ensoniq ES1371 / Creative, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: vmware 13.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080, System Layer: VMware c4.2xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 10GB, 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 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon c4.2xlargemore: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 10GB, 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 4.8.3 20140911, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon 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 |============================================ c4.xlarge ............... 1222.69 |============================== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 299.24 |======= c4.2xlarge .............. 31.70 |= c4.2xlargemore .......... 49.01 |= 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 |===================== c4.xlarge ............... 4335 |============================================= macbookpro13 ............ 1749 |================== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 2187 |======================= c4.2xlarge .............. 4545 |=============================================== c4.2xlargemore .......... 4518 |=============================================== 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 |============== c4.xlarge ...... 25.99 |=========== c4.2xlarge ..... 26.01 |=========== c4.2xlargemore . 25.94 |=========== 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 |============================================= c4.xlarge ...... 4989.12 |===================================================== c4.2xlarge ..... 5003.06 |===================================================== c4.2xlargemore . 4992.88 |===================================================== 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 |===== c4.xlarge ............... 21.15 |==== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 36.16 |======= c4.2xlarge .............. 13.05 |== c4.2xlargemore .......... 11.37 |== 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 |====== c4.xlarge ............... 9.96 |===== macbookpro13 ............ 36.86 |================= macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 16.92 |======== c4.2xlarge .............. 5.76 |=== c4.2xlargemore .......... 5.93 |=== 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 |================= c4.xlarge ............... 2843 |======================= macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 1338 |=========== c4.2xlarge .............. 5690 |=============================================== c4.2xlargemore .......... 5721 |=============================================== 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 | c4.xlarge ............... 4472000 | macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 2647000 | c4.2xlarge .............. 8912000 | c4.2xlargemore .......... 8868667 | 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 |==================================== c4.xlarge ............... 34601 |============================================== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 32378 |=========================================== c4.2xlarge .............. 34768 |============================================== c4.2xlargemore .......... 34748 |============================================== 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 |===================== c4.xlarge ...... 82.24 |============================ c4.2xlarge ..... 157.56 |===================================================== c4.2xlargemore . 160.08 |====================================================== 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 |=============================== c4.2xlargemore . 72 |========================================================== 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 |===================================== c4.2xlargemore . 140 |========================================================= 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 |============================================== c4.2xlargemore . 77 |========================================================== 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 |==================================== c4.xlarge ............... 1518.90 |=========================================== macbookpro13 ............ 1343.51 |====================================== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 1420.75 |======================================== c4.2xlarge .............. 1549.67 |============================================ c4.2xlargemore .......... 1535.31 |============================================ 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 |======= c4.xlarge ...... 151.69 |===== c4.2xlarge ..... 77.72 |== c4.2xlargemore . 77.69 |== 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 |======= c4.xlarge ............... 52.93 |=== macbookpro13 ............ 70.18 |==== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 71.63 |==== c4.2xlarge .............. 26.49 |= c4.2xlargemore .......... 26.51 |= 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 |==== c4.xlarge ............... 14.84 |=== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 31.37 |======= c4.2xlarge .............. 7.68 |== c4.2xlargemore .......... 7.61 |== 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 |===== c4.xlarge ............... 189 |=== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 284 |===== c4.2xlarge .............. 95 |== c4.2xlargemore .......... 95 |== 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 |============= c4.xlarge ............... 83.61 |=========== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 100.13 |============= c4.2xlarge .............. 81.21 |=========== c4.2xlargemore .......... 81.19 |=========== 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 |=========== c4.xlarge ............... 5.51 |========= macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 6.12 |========= c4.2xlarge .............. 5.58 |========= c4.2xlargemore .......... 5.50 |========= 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 |========= c4.2xlarge ..... 14.37 |====== c4.2xlargemore . 14.11 |====== 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 |==== macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 151.20 |======= 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 |=============== c4.xlarge ............... 741 |============ macbookpro13ubuntu2core . 820 |============= c4.2xlarge .............. 739 |============ c4.2xlargemore .......... 738 |============ 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 |========================================================= macbookpro13 . 27.97 |=================