Amazon EC2 Linux Virtual Machine Comparison A comparison of various Linux distributions in their stock configuration from the Amazon EC2 cloud using a c1.xlarge instance. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.. Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09: Processor: Intel Xeon E5506 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09, Kernel: 3.2.30-49.59.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.2 20111027, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5506 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 6GB OS: RedHatEnterpriseServer 6.3, Kernel: 2.6.32-276.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20120305, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E5506 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-26-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5506 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-31-virtual (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor SUSE Linux Enterprise 11: Processor: Intel Xeon E5506 @ 2.13GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 10GB OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64), Kernel: 3.0.13-0.27-ec2 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.3, File-System: ext3, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3-2.6.18 Hypervisor Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 55.56 |===================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 60.77 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 55.60 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 55.50 |===================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 2813.31 |======================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 2827.09 |======================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 2808.63 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 2810.72 |======================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 2665.10 |===================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 18.45 |================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 21.03 |======================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 17.91 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 17.55 |================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 22.07 |========================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 10.20 |===================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 11.35 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 9.43 |================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 10.15 |===================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 10.26 |===================================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: Tiger Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 200.58 |======================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 180.27 |==================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 202.37 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 202.47 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 187.79 |===================================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: KASUMI Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 22.83 |====================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 22.55 |====================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 22.81 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 22.78 |====================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 24.61 |========================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: AES-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 76.64 |===================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 76.17 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 76.72 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 76.51 |===================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 84.99 |========================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: Twofish Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 96.09 |======================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 84.08 |=================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 96.16 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 96.25 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 97.66 |========================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: CAST-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 51.49 |========================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 45.63 |==================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 51.43 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 51.43 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 48.31 |====================================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: X9.19-MAC Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 44.36 |========================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 36.70 |================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 44.22 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 44.37 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 44.60 |========================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 14322333 |===================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 10168000 |========================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 14819667 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 14670667 |====================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 19.24 |============================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ....... 18.76 |============================================ SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 . 16.91 |======================================== x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ............. 107.54 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ....... 108.73 |============================================ SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 . 95.67 |======================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 58 |============================================ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 56 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 57 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 56 |========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 56 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 44 |======================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 43 |======================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 44 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 44 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 48 |============================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 77 |============================================ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 75 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 77 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 76 |=========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 73 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 90 |============================================ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 89 |============================================ Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 90 |============================================ Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 89 |============================================ SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 87 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 64 |============================================ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 63 |=========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 63 |=========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 63 |=========================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 63 |=========================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 740.74 |======================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 734.02 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 734.28 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 688.73 |===================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 612.21 |================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 11570 |========================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 10830 |====================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 11600 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 11386 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 11114 |======================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 118.39 |=================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 135.99 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 133.10 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 135.08 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 135.09 |======================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 53.23 |======================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 54.80 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 53.69 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 55.16 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 47.45 |=================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 47.78 |================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 57.15 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 47.62 |================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 47.78 |================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 56.77 |========================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 13.37 |===================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 13.65 |===================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 14.61 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 14.93 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 13.54 |===================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 144 |=========================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 141 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 140 |========================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 133 |======================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 135 |======================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 29.61 |========================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 29.39 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 29.56 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 29.73 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 29.35 |======================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 263.90 |======================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 269.53 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 259.85 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 264.97 |======================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 147.41 |======================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 149.59 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 143.07 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 145.14 |======================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 268.44 |===================================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 273.24 |====================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 264.27 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 287.39 |======================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 318.37 |======================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 318.17 |======================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 323.28 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 316.94 |======================================= Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 906.71 |======================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 871.89 |====================================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 852.01 |====================================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 766.62 |================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Amazon Linux AMI 2012.09 ..... 47.47 |========================================= Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 47.40 |========================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 47.40 |========================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 47.40 |========================================= SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 47.43 |========================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 ....... 1181.57 |================================================= Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS . 966.70 |======================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 . 6982.46 |======================= Ubuntu 11.10 ................. 9151.13 |============================== Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ........... 9444.66 |=============================== SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 ..... 11706.79 |======================================