Clear Linux EC2 c4.4xlarge
Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Clear Linux 19270: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.89GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446

	OS: Clear Linux OS 19270, Kernel: 4.13.12-56.aws (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.2.1 20170910 + Clang 5.0.0 + LLVM 5.0.0, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), 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 2017.09, Kernel: 4.9.62-21.56.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.4.1 20170727, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: cirrusdrmfb

	OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4, Kernel: 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 30720MB, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function

	OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 12.3, Kernel: 4.4.92-6.18-default (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2666 v3 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), 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 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-1038-aws (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP LavaMD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 56.97  |=============
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 154.82 |===================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 119.08 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 115.86 |==========================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 37.16 |=============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 46.75 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 46.31 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 44.15 |==================================


Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 25.03 |=================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 26.98 |====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 26.19 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 26.51 |===================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: http
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ........ 8127 |==============================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 7076 |========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 6188 |===================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ........ 8913220  |=====================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 9184795  |======================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 10132425 |==========================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ........ 1999330 |==========================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 1943618 |=========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 2043399 |===========================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 10826 |==================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 11588 |====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 11217 |===================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 11347 |===================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 11411 |===================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ............ 7.08 |===================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 7.14 |===================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 . 8.51 |==========================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 7.28 |====================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 11.94 |============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 12.24 |=============================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 14.97 |===================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 15.26 |====================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 13.91 |=================================


R Benchmark

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ........ 0.2597 |===================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 . 0.4189 |==============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ......... 0.6070 |============================================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Pod2html
seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 0.15587958 |============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 0.17539679 |===============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 0.16102161 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 0.16521262 |=============================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Interpreter
seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 0.00082668 |========================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 0.00107643 |===============================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 0.00077850 |======================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 0.00081373 |=======================


Caffe 2016-12-29
Build: CPU AlexNet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 . 120821 |=============
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .. 462109 |===================================================


Caffe 2016-12-29
Build: CPU Googlenet
Milli-Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 . 373114 |=====================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .. 893565 |===================================================


Tensorflow 2017-02-03
Build: Cifar10
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 . 40.86 |================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .. 67.05 |====================================================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPOP
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1831629.12 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1473380.38 |=========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 1285123.96 |======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1617365.16 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1536120.04 |==========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SADD
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1483210.37 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1223547.42 |==========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 1095465.12 |=======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1291159.08 |===========================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1196773.83 |=========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: LPUSH
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1334772.75 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1153455.54 |===========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 974781.36  |=======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1224151.75 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1146359.79 |===========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: GET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1725427.54 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1482233.67 |===========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 1257223.84 |=======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1541968.96 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1504728.83 |===========================


Redis 3.0.1
Test: SET
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1341875.16 |===============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 1142250.37 |==========================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 1014808.17 |=======================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1198209.67 |============================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1088457.79 |=========================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ................. 1575 |============================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 .......... 2038 |====================================
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ...... 2084 |=====================================
SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 12.3 . 1862 |=================================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .................. 1817 |================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 ............ 499978 |========================================
Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09 ..... 144181 |============
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 . 164356 |=============
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ............. 378382 |==============================


Scikit-Learn 0.17.1

Seconds < Lower Is Better
Clear Linux 19270 . 14.92 |==================
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS .. 43.05 |====================================================