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: Processor: QEMU Virtual @ 2.39GHz (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: 3.2.0-23-virtual (x86_64), File-System: ext4, System Layer: QEMU 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 . 12549.11 |================================================== 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 |=============================================== 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 . 39.43 |==================================================== 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 . 272.29 |===================== 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 . 226.94 |====================== 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 . 121.60 |===================== 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 . 221.52 |===================== 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 . 24.38 |==================== 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 . 227.90 |========================= 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 . 110 |========= 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 . 9.32 |=== 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 . 41.54 |=== 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 . 93.50 |=== 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 . 978.69 |===================================================== 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 . 53 |========================================================= 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 . 109 |======================================================== 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 . 94 |========================================================= 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 . 52 |========================================================= 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 . 77 |========================================================= 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 . 56.17 |=============================== 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 . 15.45 |============================================== 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 . 4240 |==================================================== 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 . 33.74 |========== 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 . 9.32 |====== 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 . 15.24 |==== 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 . 3362.45 |================================================== 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 . 73.30 |===================== 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 . 37.24 |====================================================== 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 . 5505.64 |==================================================== 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 . 5084.13 |==================================================== 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 . 10612.95 |=================================================== 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 . 5488.03 |==================================================== 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 . 167.26 |===================================================== 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 . 2143.82 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