Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks c4.2xlarge 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 linode20: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 47GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 4.1.5-x86_64-linode61 (x86_64), File-System: ext3, System Layer: Xen 4.4.2-rc1 Hypervisor macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core: 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, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080, System Layer: VMware macbookpro13i74core: Processor: 4 x Intel Core i7-5557U @ 3.10GHz (4 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, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080, System Layer: VMware coreosi74700hqubuntu: 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: 4.1.7-coreos-r1 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: UNKNOWN (0x794c7630), Screen Resolution: 800x600 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 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 |============================ linode20 .................... 531.76 |============ macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 187.03 |==== macbookpro13i74core ......... 317.73 |======= c4.2xlarge .................. 53.31 |= 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 |================================= linode20 .................... 1412 |=========== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 2567 |=================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 3178 |======================== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 5725 |=========================================== c4.2xlarge .................. 4261 |================================ 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 . 26.54 |============ 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 |====================================== linode20 .................... 3400.70 |========================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 4673.13 |=================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 5144.28 |======================================= coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 5274.50 |======================================== c4.2xlarge .................. 4967.47 |====================================== 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 |=== linode20 .................... 43.39 |======= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 29.96 |===== macbookpro13i74core ......... 22.33 |==== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 10.95 |== c4.2xlarge .................. 11.78 |== 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 |==== linode20 .................... 19.11 |======== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 15.25 |======= macbookpro13i74core ......... 11.37 |===== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 5.63 |== c4.2xlarge .................. 5.78 |== 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 |===================== linode20 .................... 1299 |========== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 1768 |============= macbookpro13i74core ......... 2592 |=================== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 5760 |=========================================== c4.2xlarge .................. 5655 |========================================== 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 | linode20 .................... 5635833 | macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 3759667 | macbookpro13i74core ......... 3232833 | coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 8901333 | c4.2xlarge .................. 8847000 | 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 |======================================== linode20 .................... 22820 |========================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 34644 |======================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 30858 |=================================== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 36512 |========================================== c4.2xlarge .................. 34352 |======================================== 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 |===================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 52.51 |============= macbookpro13i74core ......... 81.16 |==================== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 163.89 |========================================= c4.2xlarge .................. 153.39 |====================================== 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 |======================= linode20 .................... 22 |============= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 62 |===================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 71 |=========================================== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 75 |============================================= c4.2xlarge .................. 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 |========================== linode20 .................... 62 |================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 114 |================================= macbookpro13i74core ......... 125 |==================================== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 154 |============================================ c4.2xlarge .................. 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 |=============================== linode20 .................... 51 |========================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 82 |========================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 77 |======================================= coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 88 |============================================= c4.2xlarge .................. 76 |======================================= 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 |================================== linode20 .................... 1063.89 |======================== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 1627.33 |===================================== macbookpro13i74core ......... 1766.12 |======================================== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 1567.54 |==================================== c4.2xlarge .................. 1484.41 |================================== 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 . 80.76 |=== 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 |=== linode20 .................... 151.12 |======== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 65.07 |=== macbookpro13i74core ......... 54.34 |=== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 26.56 |= c4.2xlarge .................. 26.63 |= 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 |=== linode20 .................... 32.77 |======= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 24.39 |===== macbookpro13i74core ......... 17.69 |==== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 8.63 |== c4.2xlarge .................. 8.76 |== 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 |=== linode20 .................... 342 |====== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 250 |==== macbookpro13i74core ......... 176 |=== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 95 |== c4.2xlarge .................. 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 |========== linode20 .................... 133.83 |================ macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 90.43 |=========== macbookpro13i74core ......... 85.24 |========== c4.2xlarge .................. 87.96 |=========== 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 |======== linode20 .................... 8.94 |============= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 5.31 |======== macbookpro13i74core ......... 5.07 |======= c4.2xlarge .................. 5.57 |======== 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 . 15.87 |======== 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 |==== linode20 .................... 164.00 |======= macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 133.43 |===== macbookpro13i74core ......... 87.99 |==== coreosi74700hqubuntu ........ 44.59 |== 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 |=========== linode20 .................... 1041 |=============== macbookpro13i7vmubuntu2core . 729 |========== macbookpro13i74core ......... 715 |========== c4.2xlarge .................. 745 |=========== 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 |============================================================ linode20 .. 78.37 |==================================================