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 ccr1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRD-iF, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk SDSSDX24 + 2000GB Hitachi HDS72302 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FYYS-1, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel I350 Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4 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 |======================================= ccr1 ....... 24.47 |=========================================================== 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 |========================== ccr1 ....... 218.29 |========================================================== 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 |=========================== ccr1 ....... 132 |============================================================= 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 |====================== ccr1 ....... 128 |============================================================= 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 |============================== ccr1 ....... 166 |============================================================= 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 |===================================== ccr1 ....... 155 |============================================================= 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 |======================= ccr1 ....... 121 |============================================================= 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 |=================================== ccr1 ....... 4646.14 |========================================================= 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 |============================== ccr1 ....... 1400.46 |========================================================= 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 |================ ccr1 ....... 16501 |=========================================================== 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 |======================== ccr1 ....... 22091.66 |======================================================== 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 |========================== ccr1 ....... 77.95 |=========================================================== 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 |======= ccr1 ....... 7664.23 |========================================================= 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 |============ ccr1 ....... 757.20 |========================================================== 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 |========== ccr1 ....... 22495.88 |======================================================== 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 |=========== ccr1 ....... 38010.64 |======================================================== 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 |======= ccr1 ....... 19996.66 |======================================================== 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 |========= ccr1 ....... 23826.55 |======================================================== 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 |============ ccr1 ....... 150.94 |========================================================== 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 |============= ccr1 ....... 4104.08 |========================================================= 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 |========================== ccr1 ....... 47.91 |=============== 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 |===== ccr1 ....... 9.54 |=== 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 |====== ccr1 ....... 5.30 |==== 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 |======== 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 |==== ccr1 ....... 30.68 |= 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 |==== ccr1 ....... 15.68 |= 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 |=== 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 |=== 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 |============================ ccr1 ....... 148.58 |================== 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 |========================= ccr1 ....... 16.02 |============== 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 |======================== ccr1 ....... 138.31 |============== 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 |========================= ccr1 ....... 82.79 |================ 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 |===================== ccr1 ....... 134.61 |============== 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 |======================== ccr1 ....... 185.29 |================