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 brightbox.large.ntve: Processor: Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx @ 2.27GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Red Hat KVM, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB RAM, Disk: 315GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Red Hat Virtio device OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-27-virtual (x86_64), File-System: ext4 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 |======================== brightbox.large.ntve . 1834.88 |=============================================== 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 |========================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 183.81 |================================================ 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 |=========================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 4517.76 |=============================================== 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 |================================= brightbox.large.ntve . 10412.91 |============================================== 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 |========================== brightbox.large.ntve . 4501.09 |=============================================== 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 |============================== brightbox.large.ntve . 5738.03 |=============================================== 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 |================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 45.83 |================================================= 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 |===================== brightbox.large.ntve . 79.53 |==================== 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 |======================================= brightbox.large.ntve . 3005.50 |========================================= 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 |==== brightbox.large.ntve . 20.56 |===== 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 |===== brightbox.large.ntve . 9.42 |===== 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 |======= brightbox.large.ntve . 44.94 |============ 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 |================================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 3866 |=========================================== 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 |=========================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 14.66 |======================================= 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 |================================================= brightbox.large.ntve . 79.25 |======================================== 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 |============================================ brightbox.large.ntve . 69 |==================================================== 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 |=================================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 47 |==================================================== 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 |==================================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 75 |================================================ 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 |================================================= brightbox.large.ntve . 93 |================================================= 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 |=================================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 46 |==================================================== 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 |===================================== brightbox.large.ntve . 845.82 |=========================================== 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 |=== brightbox.large.ntve . 90.18 |== 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 |=== brightbox.large.ntve . 40.82 |=== 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 |=== brightbox.large.ntve . 8.52 |=== 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 |=== brightbox.large.ntve . 109 |========= 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 |======================== brightbox.large.ntve . 240.61 |======================== 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 |===================== brightbox.large.ntve . 26.22 |=================== 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 |==================== brightbox.large.ntve . 250.96 |===================== 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 |==================== brightbox.large.ntve . 133.38 |===================== 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 |================= brightbox.large.ntve . 249.94 |====================== 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 |=================== brightbox.large.ntve . 293.57 |===================== 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 |========================================= brightbox.large.ntve . 35.35 |========================================== 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 |=============================================== 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 |================================ brightbox.large.ntve . 13198.24 |==============================================