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.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 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 AMD.AthlonX2.250: Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 250 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ECS MCP61M-M3 v7.0, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Hitachi HDT72101, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6700, Audio: VIA VT1705, Monitor: Acer P225HQ OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.5.0-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.6, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 20120721, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 187.33 |======= c1.medium ........ 569.42 |===================== m1.medium ........ 385.85 |============== m1.large ......... 496.85 |================== m1.xlarge ........ 1409.64 |=================================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 1408.46 |=================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 933.49 |================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 757.59 |=========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 9.36 |=== c1.medium ........ 39.16 |============= m1.medium ........ 18.94 |====== m1.large ......... 30.47 |========== m1.xlarge ........ 75.88 |======================== m2.2xlarge ....... 96.42 |=============================== c1.xlarge ........ 161.52 |==================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 44.88 |============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 397.97 |===== c1.medium ........ 1316.97 |================ m1.medium ........ 808.74 |========== m1.large ......... 1194.93 |=============== m1.xlarge ........ 3111.62 |======================================= m2.2xlarge ....... 3548.54 |============================================ c1.xlarge ........ 4107.67 |=================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 2137.10 |=========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 724.34 |===== c1.medium ........ 2324.84 |================ m1.medium ........ 1509.91 |========== m1.large ......... 1812.82 |============ m1.xlarge ........ 5630.69 |====================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 6127.37 |========================================== c1.xlarge ........ 7470.65 |=================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 2093.57 |============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 373.96 |====== c1.medium ........ 1422.00 |====================== m1.medium ........ 756.56 |============ m1.large ......... 1114.33 |================= m1.xlarge ........ 2947.66 |============================================= m2.2xlarge ....... 3326.29 |=================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 2448.67 |====================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 2457.05 |====================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 511.78 |======= c1.medium ........ 1423.97 |=================== m1.medium ........ 1042.84 |============== m1.large ......... 1355.78 |================== m1.xlarge ........ 3874.78 |=================================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 3848.64 |=================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 3711.41 |================================================= AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 2226.84 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 3.44 |====== c1.medium ........ 8.17 |============= m1.medium ........ 7.11 |============ m1.large ......... 8.80 |============== m1.xlarge ........ 26.21 |=========================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 26.48 |============================================ c1.xlarge ........ 32.26 |===================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 11.88 |==================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 189.00 |========================================================== c1.medium .. 87.76 |=========================== m1.medium .. 92.42 |============================ m1.large ... 121.40 |===================================== m1.xlarge .. 93.34 |============================= m2.2xlarge . 71.77 |====================== c1.xlarge .. 84.01 |========================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 1295.06 |================== c1.medium ........ 2962.60 |======================================== m1.medium ........ 2618.34 |==================================== m1.large ......... 2097.56 |============================= m1.xlarge ........ 2602.59 |==================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 3465.06 |=============================================== c1.xlarge ........ 2863.15 |======================================= AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 3730.90 |=================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 193.95 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 53.50 |============== m1.medium ........ 94.96 |========================= m1.large ......... 67.20 |================== m1.xlarge ........ 25.37 |======= m2.2xlarge ....... 21.02 |====== c1.xlarge ........ 18.01 |===== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 37.56 |========== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 88.80 |===================================================== c1.medium ........ 26.50 |================ m1.medium ........ 44.15 |========================== m1.large ......... 33.04 |==================== m1.xlarge ........ 13.97 |======== m2.2xlarge ....... 11.06 |======= c1.xlarge ........ 9.10 |===== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 21.18 |============= Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 184.18 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 91.29 |========================== m1.medium ........ 91.00 |========================== m1.large ......... 66.86 |=================== m1.xlarge ........ 32.82 |========= m2.2xlarge ....... 25.64 |======= c1.xlarge ........ 26.84 |======== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 39.46 |=========== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 265 |=== c1.medium ........ 1176 |============== m1.medium ........ 536 |====== m1.large ......... 847 |========== m1.xlarge ........ 2153 |========================== m2.2xlarge ....... 2681 |================================ c1.xlarge ........ 4500 |====================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 1652 |==================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 2.75 |======== c1.medium ........ 8.46 |========================= m1.medium ........ 5.54 |================ m1.large ......... 6.03 |================== m1.xlarge ........ 14.58 |========================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 18.22 |===================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 15.97 |============================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 9.86 |============================= x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ... 7.84 |===== c1.medium .. 25.85 |================ m1.medium .. 16.01 |========== m1.large ... 21.89 |============= m1.xlarge .. 54.22 |================================= m2.2xlarge . 66.13 |======================================== c1.xlarge .. 98.06 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 11 |========== c1.medium ........ 36 |================================== m1.medium ........ 22 |===================== m1.large ......... 27 |========================== m1.xlarge ........ 45 |=========================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 59 |======================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 59 |======================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 55 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 5 |====== c1.medium ........ 17 |===================== m1.medium ........ 9 |=========== m1.large ......... 12 |=============== m1.xlarge ........ 26 |================================ m2.2xlarge ....... 34 |========================================= c1.xlarge ........ 46 |======================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 29 |=================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 15 |========== c1.medium ........ 49 |================================== m1.medium ........ 30 |===================== m1.large ......... 36 |========================= m1.xlarge ........ 61 |========================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 78 |====================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 81 |======================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 74 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 25 |============== c1.medium ........ 72 |========================================= m1.medium ........ 49 |============================ m1.large ......... 52 |============================= m1.xlarge ........ 76 |=========================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 99 |======================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 94 |===================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 95 |====================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 5 |====== c1.medium ........ 18 |====================== m1.medium ........ 9 |=========== m1.large ......... 13 |================ m1.xlarge ........ 27 |================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 35 |============================================ c1.xlarge ........ 45 |======================================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 26 |================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 371.59 |===================== c1.medium ........ 672.37 |===================================== m1.medium ........ 663.67 |===================================== m1.large ......... 555.97 |=============================== m1.xlarge ........ 717.94 |======================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 941.37 |==================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 727.40 |======================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 602.24 |================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 1720.44 |=================================================== c1.medium ........ 441.45 |============= m1.medium ........ 848.75 |========================= m1.large ......... 581.88 |================= m1.xlarge ........ 224.32 |======= m2.2xlarge ....... 184.93 |===== c1.xlarge ........ 119.26 |==== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 304.18 |========= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 775.61 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 194.72 |============= m1.medium ........ 381.11 |========================== m1.large ......... 233.89 |================ m1.xlarge ........ 95.04 |====== m2.2xlarge ....... 75.92 |===== c1.xlarge ........ 47.27 |=== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 131.08 |========= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 147.36 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 34.03 |============ m1.medium ........ 72.81 |========================== m1.large ......... 50.31 |================== m1.xlarge ........ 18.84 |======= m2.2xlarge ....... 15.91 |====== c1.xlarge ........ 8.49 |=== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 34.89 |============ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 635 |====================================================== c1.medium ........ 140 |============ m1.medium ........ 315 |=========================== m1.large ......... 649 |======================================================= m1.xlarge ........ 78 |======= m2.2xlarge ....... 61 |===== c1.xlarge ........ 34 |=== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 485 |========================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 484.14 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 282.49 |============================== m1.medium ........ 244.86 |========================== m1.large ......... 370.07 |======================================== m1.xlarge ........ 234.31 |========================= m2.2xlarge ....... 208.42 |====================== c1.xlarge ........ 237.12 |========================= AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 160.14 |================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 66.41 |===================================================== c1.medium ........ 28.57 |======================= m1.medium ........ 32.96 |========================== m1.large ......... 39.34 |=============================== m1.xlarge ........ 32.63 |========================== m2.2xlarge ....... 24.66 |==================== c1.xlarge ........ 28.45 |======================= AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 24.84 |==================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 565.81 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 233.15 |===================== m1.medium ........ 271.63 |========================= m1.large ......... 357.64 |================================= m1.xlarge ........ 273.68 |========================= m2.2xlarge ....... 206.03 |=================== c1.xlarge ........ 231.49 |===================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 371.33 |================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 308.33 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 131.58 |====================== m1.medium ........ 155.95 |========================== m1.large ......... 193.82 |================================= m1.xlarge ........ 151.69 |========================== m2.2xlarge ....... 115.01 |=================== c1.xlarge ........ 131.10 |====================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 140.90 |======================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 556.24 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 204.66 |=================== m1.medium ........ 275.50 |========================== m1.large ......... 351.18 |================================= m1.xlarge ........ 278.67 |========================== m2.2xlarge ....... 201.83 |=================== c1.xlarge ........ 202.37 |=================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 375.24 |=================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ......... 682.87 |==================================================== c1.medium ........ 275.21 |===================== m1.medium ........ 342.24 |========================== m1.large ......... 422.42 |================================ m1.xlarge ........ 343.51 |========================== m2.2xlarge ....... 248.30 |=================== c1.xlarge ........ 277.17 |===================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 228.87 |================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 15.25 |============== c1.medium ........ 34.18 |================================ m1.medium ........ 30.48 |============================ m1.large ......... 24.83 |======================= m1.xlarge ........ 30.80 |============================= m2.2xlarge ....... 40.88 |====================================== c1.xlarge ........ 34.25 |================================ AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 57.20 |===================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 318.20 |============== c1.medium ........ 641.33 |============================ m1.medium ........ 524.19 |======================= m1.large ......... 942.00 |========================================= m1.xlarge ........ 1002.64 |=========================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 1177.58 |=================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 967.90 |========================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 110.92 |===== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ......... 1600.37 |====== c1.medium ........ 7069.83 |============================ m1.medium ........ 2876.77 |=========== m1.large ......... 5041.58 |==================== m1.xlarge ........ 9775.67 |====================================== m2.2xlarge ....... 12736.50 |================================================== c1.xlarge ........ 9313.08 |===================================== AMD.AthlonX2.250 . 11883.60 |===============================================