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 PrivateCore 30M: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2.90GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 244MB, Disk: 6GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Debian 6.0.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext3 PC Baseline: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2.90GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: Bochs, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio, Memory: 244MB, Disk: 6GB QEMU HDD, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Audio: Generic 1af4 ID 20, Network: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ OS: Debian 6.0.6, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext3 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 |================================== PrivateCore 30M . 46.14 |== PC Baseline ..... 632.17 |======================= 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 |===================================================== PrivateCore 30M . 36.62 |============ PC Baseline ..... 35.48 |============ 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 |========================================================= 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 |==================================================== PrivateCore 30M . 681.41 |===== PC Baseline ..... 2685.31 |=================== 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 |====================================== PrivateCore 30M . 12.25 | PC Baseline ..... 8.84 | 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 |================================================== PrivateCore 30M . 232.73 |=== PC Baseline ..... 2315.04 |=============================== 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 |====================================================== PrivateCore 30M . 2.63 |==== PC Baseline ..... 14.33 |======================== 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 |======================== PrivateCore 30M . 83.30 |======================= PC Baseline ..... 42.32 |============ 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 |========================== PrivateCore 30M . 5812.66 |==================================================== PC Baseline ..... 5604.35 |================================================== 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 |= PrivateCore 30M . 692.28 |===================================================== PC Baseline ..... 53.19 |==== 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 |====== PrivateCore 30M . 24.92 |=============== PC Baseline ..... 21.39 |============= 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 |======== PrivateCore 30M . 58.08 |================= PC Baseline ..... 61.18 |================== 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 |======================================================= PrivateCore 30M . 878 |=========== PC Baseline ..... 851 |========== 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 |=============================================== PrivateCore 30M . 10.96 |================================ PC Baseline ..... 10.99 |================================= 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 |====================================================== PrivateCore 30M . 14.35 |======== PC Baseline ..... 30.10 |================= 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 |========================================================= PrivateCore 30M . 19 |================== PC Baseline ..... 43 |========================================== 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 |========================================================= PrivateCore 30M . 14 |================= PC Baseline ..... 16 |==================== 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 |========================================================= PrivateCore 30M . 35 |========================= PC Baseline ..... 58 |========================================= 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 |===================================================== PrivateCore 30M . 64 |==================================== PC Baseline ..... 100 |======================================================== 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 |========================================================= PrivateCore 30M . 14 |================== PC Baseline ..... 17 |====================== 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 |========================== PrivateCore 30M . 177.93 |====== PC Baseline ..... 1475.60 |==================================================== 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 |=== PrivateCore 30M . 2378.85 |==================================================== PC Baseline ..... 435.28 |========== 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 |=== PrivateCore 30M . 219.44 |=============== PC Baseline ..... 226.16 |=============== 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 |=== PrivateCore 30M . 53.27 |=================== PC Baseline ..... 63.90 |======================= 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 |=== PrivateCore 30M . 517 |============================================= PC Baseline ..... 535 |============================================== 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 |= PrivateCore 30M . 20749.23 |=================================================== PC Baseline ..... 156.54 | 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 |======================= PrivateCore 30M . 14.78 |============ PC Baseline ..... 14.47 |============ 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 |====================== PrivateCore 30M . 135.93 |============= PC Baseline ..... 136.66 |============= 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 |======================= PrivateCore 30M . 76.98 |============= PC Baseline ..... 78.13 |============= 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 |=================== PrivateCore 30M . 132.20 |============= PC Baseline ..... 134.64 |============= 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 |====================== PrivateCore 30M . 159.07 |============ PC Baseline ..... 163.00 |============= 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 |===================== PrivateCore 30M . 89.15 |====================================================== PC Baseline ..... 86.63 |==================================================== 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 |=========================================== PrivateCore 30M . 1082.25 |================================================ PC Baseline ..... 73.02 |=== 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 |===================================== PrivateCore 30M . 1103.95 |==== PC Baseline ..... 9725.16 |=======================================