Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ 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 coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700HQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS G750JX v1.0, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SH100S3 + 750GB Western Digital WD7500BPKT-8 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 4.1.6-coreos-r1 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: UNKNOWN (0x794c7630), 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 |======================== c4.xlarge ............. 1222.69 |================= coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 3373.88 |============================================== 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 |============================================================= 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 |========= coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 24.16 |========= 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 |=========================================== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 5283.82 |============================================== 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 |==== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 10.97 |== 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 |===== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 5.35 |=== 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 |======================== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 5702 |================================================= 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 | coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 8912000 | 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 |============================================= coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 36504 |================================================ 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 |======================== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 162.92 |=============================================== 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 |===================================== c4.xlarge ............. 1518.90 |============================================ coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 1571.52 |============================================== 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 |==== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 84.34 |== 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 |=== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 26.55 |== 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 |=== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 8.33 |== 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 |=== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 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 |=============== 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 |=========== 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 |===== coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 44.57 |== 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 |============ coreosUbuntui7-4700HQ . 690 |=========== 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 |============================================================