Amazon EC2 Cloud Instance Benchmars Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Benchmarks of various instances of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64 64-bit for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. m1.small: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor c1.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor c1.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5410 @ 2.33GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor m1.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-kaos_droplet Hypervisor m1.large: Processor: Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor m1.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m2.2xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon X5550 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 34816MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor goren-aj: Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH X79, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2, Graphics: Intel HD Family 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: TBD, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.3.2 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.4, OpenGL: 1.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + PathScale 4.0.12.1 + Clang 3.0-6 + ICC, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 2.75 |===== c1.xlarge .. 15.97 |================================ c1.medium .. 8.46 |================= m1.medium .. 5.54 |=========== m1.large ... 6.03 |============ m1.xlarge .. 14.58 |============================= m2.2xlarge . 18.22 |==================================== goren-aj ... 29.52 |=========================================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 7.84 |== c1.xlarge .. 98.06 |=========================== c1.medium .. 25.85 |======= m1.medium .. 16.01 |==== m1.large ... 21.89 |====== m1.xlarge .. 54.22 |=============== m2.2xlarge . 66.13 |================== goren-aj ... 211.44 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 11 |============ c1.xlarge .. 59 |============================================================== c1.medium .. 36 |====================================== m1.medium .. 22 |======================= m1.large ... 27 |============================ m1.xlarge .. 45 |=============================================== m2.2xlarge . 59 |============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 5 |======= c1.xlarge .. 46 |============================================================== c1.medium .. 17 |======================= m1.medium .. 9 |============ m1.large ... 12 |================ m1.xlarge .. 26 |=================================== m2.2xlarge . 34 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 15 |=========== c1.xlarge .. 81 |============================================================== c1.medium .. 49 |====================================== m1.medium .. 30 |======================= m1.large ... 36 |============================ m1.xlarge .. 61 |=============================================== m2.2xlarge . 78 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 25 |================ c1.xlarge .. 94 |=========================================================== c1.medium .. 72 |============================================= m1.medium .. 49 |=============================== m1.large ... 52 |================================= m1.xlarge .. 76 |================================================ m2.2xlarge . 99 |============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 5 |======= c1.xlarge .. 45 |============================================================== c1.medium .. 18 |========================= m1.medium .. 9 |============ m1.large ... 13 |================== m1.xlarge .. 27 |===================================== m2.2xlarge . 35 |================================================ FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 1295.06 |============= c1.xlarge .. 2863.15 |============================= c1.medium .. 2962.60 |============================== m1.medium .. 2618.34 |========================== m1.large ... 2097.56 |===================== m1.xlarge .. 2602.59 |========================== m2.2xlarge . 3465.06 |=================================== goren-aj ... 5687.40 |========================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 371.59 |============ c1.xlarge .. 727.40 |======================== c1.medium .. 672.37 |====================== m1.medium .. 663.67 |====================== m1.large ... 555.97 |================== m1.xlarge .. 717.94 |======================= m2.2xlarge . 941.37 |=============================== goren-aj ... 1751.47 |========================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 265 |== c1.xlarge .. 4500 |================================ c1.medium .. 1176 |======== m1.medium .. 536 |==== m1.large ... 847 |====== m1.xlarge .. 2153 |=============== m2.2xlarge . 2681 |=================== goren-aj ... 8375 |============================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 1600.37 |== c1.xlarge .. 9313.08 |============== c1.medium .. 7069.83 |========== m1.medium .. 2876.77 |==== m1.large ... 5041.58 |======= m1.xlarge .. 9775.67 |============== m2.2xlarge . 12736.50 |=================== goren-aj ... 38041.41 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 15.25 |========= c1.xlarge .. 34.25 |===================== c1.medium .. 34.18 |===================== m1.medium .. 30.48 |=================== m1.large ... 24.83 |=============== m1.xlarge .. 30.80 |=================== m2.2xlarge . 40.88 |========================= goren-aj ... 95.43 |=========================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 187.33 |== c1.xlarge .. 933.49 |============ c1.medium .. 569.42 |======= m1.medium .. 385.85 |===== m1.large ... 496.85 |====== m1.xlarge .. 1409.64 |================== m2.2xlarge . 1408.46 |================== goren-aj ... 4510.71 |========================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 9.36 |== c1.xlarge .. 161.52 |========================== c1.medium .. 39.16 |====== m1.medium .. 18.94 |=== m1.large ... 30.47 |===== m1.xlarge .. 75.88 |============ m2.2xlarge . 96.42 |================ goren-aj ... 354.42 |========================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 397.97 |== c1.xlarge .. 4107.67 |==================== c1.medium .. 1316.97 |====== m1.medium .. 808.74 |==== m1.large ... 1194.93 |====== m1.xlarge .. 3111.62 |=============== m2.2xlarge . 3548.54 |================= goren-aj ... 11712.71 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 724.34 |== c1.xlarge .. 7470.65 |===================== c1.medium .. 2324.84 |======= m1.medium .. 1509.91 |==== m1.large ... 1812.82 |===== m1.xlarge .. 5630.69 |================ m2.2xlarge . 6127.37 |================= goren-aj ... 19894.57 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 373.96 |== c1.xlarge .. 2448.67 |========== c1.medium .. 1422.00 |====== m1.medium .. 756.56 |=== m1.large ... 1114.33 |===== m1.xlarge .. 2947.66 |============ m2.2xlarge . 3326.29 |============== goren-aj ... 13403.32 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 511.78 |== c1.xlarge .. 3711.41 |================== c1.medium .. 1423.97 |======= m1.medium .. 1042.84 |===== m1.large ... 1355.78 |======= m1.xlarge .. 3874.78 |=================== m2.2xlarge . 3848.64 |=================== goren-aj ... 11601.59 |======================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 3.44 |== c1.xlarge .. 32.26 |===================== c1.medium .. 8.17 |===== m1.medium .. 7.11 |===== m1.large ... 8.80 |====== m1.xlarge .. 26.21 |================= m2.2xlarge . 26.48 |================= goren-aj ... 89.86 |=========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 318.20 |=============== c1.xlarge .. 967.90 |=============================================== c1.medium .. 641.33 |=============================== m1.medium .. 524.19 |========================= m1.large ... 942.00 |============================================== m1.xlarge .. 1002.64 |================================================= m2.2xlarge . 1177.58 |========================================================= goren-aj ... 807.89 |======================================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 189.00 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 84.01 |========================== c1.medium .. 87.76 |=========================== m1.medium .. 92.42 |============================ m1.large ... 121.40 |===================================== m1.xlarge .. 93.34 |============================= m2.2xlarge . 71.77 |====================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 193.95 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 18.01 |===== c1.medium .. 53.50 |================ m1.medium .. 94.96 |============================ m1.large ... 67.20 |==================== m1.xlarge .. 25.37 |======== m2.2xlarge . 21.02 |====== goren-aj ... 7.58 |== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 88.80 |=========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 9.10 |====== c1.medium .. 26.50 |================== m1.medium .. 44.15 |============================= m1.large ... 33.04 |====================== m1.xlarge .. 13.97 |========= m2.2xlarge . 11.06 |======= goren-aj ... 4.23 |=== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 184.18 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 26.84 |======== c1.medium .. 91.29 |============================= m1.medium .. 91.00 |============================= m1.large ... 66.86 |===================== m1.xlarge .. 32.82 |========== m2.2xlarge . 25.64 |======== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 1720.44 |========================================================= c1.xlarge .. 119.26 |==== c1.medium .. 441.45 |=============== m1.medium .. 848.75 |============================ m1.large ... 581.88 |=================== m1.xlarge .. 224.32 |======= m2.2xlarge . 184.93 |====== goren-aj ... 56.65 |== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 775.61 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 47.27 |==== c1.medium .. 194.72 |=============== m1.medium .. 381.11 |============================ m1.large ... 233.89 |================= m1.xlarge .. 95.04 |======= m2.2xlarge . 75.92 |====== goren-aj ... 21.86 |== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 147.36 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 8.49 |=== c1.medium .. 34.03 |============= m1.medium .. 72.81 |============================= m1.large ... 50.31 |==================== m1.xlarge .. 18.84 |======= m2.2xlarge . 15.91 |====== goren-aj ... 5.08 |== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 635 |============================================================ c1.xlarge .. 34 |=== c1.medium .. 140 |============= m1.medium .. 315 |============================== m1.large ... 649 |============================================================= m1.xlarge .. 78 |======= m2.2xlarge . 61 |====== goren-aj ... 64 |====== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 484.14 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 237.12 |============================ c1.medium .. 282.49 |================================== m1.medium .. 244.86 |============================= m1.large ... 370.07 |============================================ m1.xlarge .. 234.31 |============================ m2.2xlarge . 208.42 |========================= goren-aj ... 119.15 |============== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 66.41 |=========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 28.45 |========================= c1.medium .. 28.57 |========================= m1.medium .. 32.96 |============================= m1.large ... 39.34 |=================================== m1.xlarge .. 32.63 |============================= m2.2xlarge . 24.66 |====================== goren-aj ... 13.20 |============ Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 565.81 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 231.49 |======================== c1.medium .. 233.15 |======================== m1.medium .. 271.63 |============================ m1.large ... 357.64 |===================================== m1.xlarge .. 273.68 |============================ m2.2xlarge . 206.03 |===================== goren-aj ... 113.90 |============ Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 308.33 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 131.10 |========================= c1.medium .. 131.58 |========================= m1.medium .. 155.95 |============================= m1.large ... 193.82 |==================================== m1.xlarge .. 151.69 |============================= m2.2xlarge . 115.01 |====================== goren-aj ... 71.04 |============= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 556.24 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 202.37 |===================== c1.medium .. 204.66 |===================== m1.medium .. 275.50 |============================= m1.large ... 351.18 |===================================== m1.xlarge .. 278.67 |============================= m2.2xlarge . 201.83 |===================== goren-aj ... 111.32 |============ Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 682.87 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 277.17 |======================== c1.medium .. 275.21 |======================= m1.medium .. 342.24 |============================= m1.large ... 422.42 |==================================== m1.xlarge .. 343.51 |============================= m2.2xlarge . 248.30 |===================== goren-aj ... 149.79 |=============