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 laptop-sergio: Processor: Intel Core i7-3610QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS N56VM v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 750GB Seagate ST9750420AS, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC663, Network: Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 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 |==================== laptop-sergio . 2488.63 |====================================================== 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 |========================================== laptop-sergio . 210.55 |======================================================= 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 |==================================== laptop-sergio . 6113.57 |====================================================== 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 |=================================== laptop-sergio . 11415.38 |===================================================== 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 |====================== laptop-sergio . 6059.39 |====================================================== 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 |====================================== laptop-sergio . 5252.26 |====================================================== 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 |============================================= laptop-sergio . 39.74 |======================================================== 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 |========================== 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 |================================= laptop-sergio . 4728.21 |====================================================== 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 |===== laptop-sergio . 12.35 |==== 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 |====== laptop-sergio . 6.59 |==== 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 |======== laptop-sergio . 14.79 |==== 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 |==================================================== laptop-sergio . 4976 |========================================================= 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 |======================================= laptop-sergio . 22.92 |======================================================== 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 |=========================================== laptop-sergio . 125.73 |======================================================= 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 |============================== laptop-sergio . 113 |========================================================== 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 |======================================= laptop-sergio . 70 |=========================================================== 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 |================================== laptop-sergio . 139 |========================================================== 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 |================================ laptop-sergio . 168 |========================================================== 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 |====================================== laptop-sergio . 69 |=========================================================== 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 |============================ laptop-sergio . 1386.10 |====================================================== 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 |==== 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 |=== laptop-sergio . 53.51 |==== 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 |=== laptop-sergio . 9.82 |==== 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 |=== laptop-sergio . 97 |========= 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 |=========================== laptop-sergio . 150.66 |================= 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 |======================== laptop-sergio . 15.67 |============= 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 |======================= laptop-sergio . 130.93 |============= 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 |======================= laptop-sergio . 78.46 |============== 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 |==================== laptop-sergio . 123.80 |============ 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 |====================== laptop-sergio . 176.44 |============== 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 |======================= laptop-sergio . 84.10 |======================================================== 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 |============================================ laptop-sergio . 250.68 |=========== 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 |=================== laptop-sergio . 26348.42 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