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 PC Baseline Ramdisk: 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 |====================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 663.05 |======================= 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 |=========== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 35.25 |=========== 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 |================= PC Baseline Ramdisk . 2692.69 |================= 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 |=================================== PrivateCore 30M ..... 12.25 | PC Baseline ......... 8.84 | PC Baseline Ramdisk . 15.20 | 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 |============================= PC Baseline Ramdisk . 2384.04 |============================== 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 |====================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 14.67 |======================= 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 |=========== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 41.36 |=========== 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 |============================================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 5636.70 |=============================================== 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 |==== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 51.77 |==== 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 |============ PC Baseline Ramdisk . 20.79 |============ 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 |================ PC Baseline Ramdisk . 58.41 |================ 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 |========== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 870 |========== 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 |============================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 11.28 |=============================== 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 |================================================== PrivateCore 30M ..... 14.35 |======= PC Baseline ......... 30.10 |=============== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 32.11 |================ 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 |======================================= PC Baseline Ramdisk . 45 |======================================== 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 |================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 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 |====================================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 60 |======================================= 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 |================================================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 103 |==================================================== 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 |==================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 18 |===================== 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 |=============================================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 1520.67 |================================================ 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 |========= PC Baseline Ramdisk . 407.81 |======== 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 |============== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 219.71 |============== 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 |===================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 46.52 |=============== 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 |=== PrivateCore 30M ..... 517 |========================================= PC Baseline ......... 535 |=========================================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 518 |========================================== 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 | PC Baseline Ramdisk . 151.64 | 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 |=========== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 14.04 |=========== 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 |============ PC Baseline Ramdisk . 132.61 |=========== 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 |============ PC Baseline Ramdisk . 76.04 |============ 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 |============ PC Baseline Ramdisk . 130.56 |============ 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 |============ PC Baseline Ramdisk . 158.45 |=========== 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 |================================================= PC Baseline Ramdisk . 89.13 |================================================== 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 |== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 1735.96 |================================================ 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 |==================================== PC Baseline Ramdisk . 10803.42 |========================================