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 dennis.home: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0 + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500541AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1988B, Monitor: HP 2509, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 3.3.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, 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 |===================================== dennis.home . 1089.62 |=========================================== 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 |========================================================= dennis.home . 88.93 |=============================== 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 |======================================================== dennis.home . 2668.72 |==================================== 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 |======================================================== dennis.home . 4982.69 |===================================== 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 |========================================= dennis.home . 2328.03 |======================================= 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 |====================================================== dennis.home . 2506.19 |==================================== 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 |========================================================== dennis.home . 15.08 |=========================== 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 |========================= dennis.home . 88.57 |=========================== 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 |============================================== dennis.home . 3392.25 |======================================================= 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 |===== dennis.home . 24.86 |======= 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 |====== dennis.home . 12.94 |======== 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 |======== dennis.home . 33.66 |========== 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 |=========================================================== dennis.home . 2588 |================================== 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 |=================================================== dennis.home . 14.28 |============================================= 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 |========================================================== dennis.home . 59.16 |=================================== 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 |============================================================= dennis.home . 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 |============================================================= dennis.home . 32 |========================================== 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 |============================================================= dennis.home . 71 |===================================================== 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 |========================================================== dennis.home . 90 |======================================================= 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 |============================================================= dennis.home . 35 |=============================================== 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 |============================================ dennis.home . 754.89 |============================================== 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 |==== dennis.home . 166.64 |===== 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 |=== dennis.home . 81.58 |====== 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 |=== dennis.home . 14.58 |====== 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 |=== dennis.home . 206 |=================== 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 |============================ dennis.home . 236.22 |============================ 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 |========================= dennis.home . 29.96 |========================== 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 |======================= dennis.home . 253.99 |========================== 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 |======================== dennis.home . 137.42 |========================= 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 |===================== dennis.home . 226.11 |======================= 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 |======================= dennis.home . 296.84 |========================= 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 |================================================= dennis.home . 31.29 |============================================ 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 |============================================== dennis.home . 129.53 |====== 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 |======================================== dennis.home . 12302.78 |=====================================================