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.
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Amazon EC2 Cloud Instance Benchmars,
"VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 - vpxenc",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",2.79,2.73,2.73
"c1.xlarge",16.2,16.12,15.6
"c1.medium",8.65,8.4,8.32
"m1.medium",5.53,5.54,5.54
"m1.large",6.42,5.89,6.07,5.98,5.87,5.94
"m1.xlarge",14.76,14.52,14.45
"m2.2xlarge",17.86,18.34,18.47
"laptop-sergio",22.64,23.46,22.65
"x264 2011-12-06 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",7.82,7.83,7.88
"c1.xlarge",89.22,100.42,101.02,100.54,102.33,94.85
"c1.medium",26.26,25.39,25.91
"m1.medium",14.78,16.23,16.25,16.21,16.35,16.21
"m1.large",21.48,21.9,22.29
"m1.xlarge",53.1,54.6,54.97
"m2.2xlarge",62.91,68.14,68.54,65.8,65.25
"laptop-sergio",125.96,125.28,125.96
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Blur",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",11,11,11
"c1.xlarge",59,59,59
"c1.medium",36,37,36
"m1.medium",22,22,22
"m1.large",27,27,27
"m1.xlarge",45,45,45
"m2.2xlarge",59,59,59
"laptop-sergio",113,113,113
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",5,5,5
"c1.xlarge",45,46,46
"c1.medium",17,17,17
"m1.medium",9,9,9
"m1.large",12,12,12
"m1.xlarge",26,26,26
"m2.2xlarge",34,34,34
"laptop-sergio",70,70,70
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",15,15,15
"c1.xlarge",81,81,80
"c1.medium",49,49,49
"m1.medium",30,30,30
"m1.large",36,36,36
"m1.xlarge",61,61,61
"m2.2xlarge",78,78,78
"laptop-sergio",139,139,139
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",25,25,24
"c1.xlarge",94,94,94
"c1.medium",72,72,72
"m1.medium",49,49,49
"m1.large",52,52,52
"m1.xlarge",76,76,76
"m2.2xlarge",99,99,99
"laptop-sergio",169,169,167
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",5,5,5
"c1.xlarge",45,45,45
"c1.medium",18,18,18
"m1.medium",9,9,9
"m1.large",13,13,13
"m1.xlarge",27,27,27
"m2.2xlarge",35,35,35
"laptop-sergio",67,70,70
"FFTE 5.0 - Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",1292.6588253005,1292.9392535912,1299.5929167518
"c1.xlarge",2973.0295492994,2683.9956471556,2973.2585336962,2599.9799785365,2974.6230615391,2974.0014055305
"c1.medium",2962.5605230261,2970.8730406638,2954.3710295361
"m1.medium",2623.5136808944,2612.0752053196,2619.4242132287
"m1.large",2060.4072128673,2111.1305197732,2121.1318462628
"m1.xlarge",2580.1737178362,2609.1992204436,2618.4077321284
"m2.2xlarge",3488.3513183576,3451.5095662256,3455.3124083973
"laptop-sergio",4712.9652349854,4744.412512507,4727.2487280643
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",373.941453,372.095353,368.732832
"c1.xlarge",731.329674,726.38381,724.48663
"c1.medium",626.752892,667.659675,679.016748,681.76334,695.499277,683.554813
"m1.medium",663.874852,661.84441,665.289813
"m1.large",556.080013,556.180021,555.654004
"m1.xlarge",723.624841,722.305393,707.899636
"m2.2xlarge",947.441995,945.494577,931.170458
"laptop-sergio",1368.04007,1393.631004,1396.636375
"John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",263,265,266
"c1.xlarge",4300,4569,4589,4540
"c1.medium",1166,1176,1185
"m1.medium",538,535,535
"m1.large",827,852,861
"m1.xlarge",2150,2155,2155
"m2.2xlarge",2620,2659,2764
"laptop-sergio",4963,4972,4992
"Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",1593.32,1644.88,1562.9
"c1.xlarge",9257.37,9336.51,9345.35
"c1.medium",7010.62,7127.48,7071.39
"m1.medium",2829.56,2828.53,2972.21
"m1.large",5091.41,5034.44,4998.9
"m1.xlarge",9780.72,9765.07,9781.21
"m2.2xlarge",13033.67,12558.28,12617.54
"laptop-sergio",27037.45,25806.47,26201.33
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",15.1,15.4,15.3,15.2
"c1.xlarge",34.2,34.3,34.3,34.2
"c1.medium",34.2,34.2,34.2,34.1
"m1.medium",30.4,30.6,30.5,30.4
"m1.large",24.7,24.8,24.9,24.9
"m1.xlarge",30.8,30.8,30.8,30.8
"m2.2xlarge",41,40.8,40.9,40.8
"laptop-sergio",84,84.2,84.1,84.1
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: CG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",186.3,187.54,188.15
"c1.xlarge",950.87,916.9,932.71
"c1.medium",574.87,559.6,573.78
"m1.medium",377.81,389.25,390.48
"m1.large",496.12,498.38,496.04
"m1.xlarge",1368.66,1407.14,1480.84,1481.88,1478.06,1241.23
"m2.2xlarge",1368.47,1435.27,1421.63
"laptop-sergio",2306.25,2366.08,2561.79,2570.73,2566.39,2560.52
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",9.43,9.42,9.22
"c1.xlarge",162.31,163.06,159.2
"c1.medium",39.24,39.22,39.03
"m1.medium",18.99,18.84,19
"m1.large",30.48,30.45,30.47
"m1.xlarge",75.83,75.92,75.89
"m2.2xlarge",96.41,96.32,96.53
"laptop-sergio",211.14,210.12,210.39
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: FT.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",397.61,397.31,398.98
"c1.xlarge",4078.64,4102.06,4142.3
"c1.medium",1313.89,1309.53,1327.49
"m1.medium",809.2,808.7,808.31
"m1.large",1196.85,1191.8,1196.13
"m1.xlarge",3105.48,3084.73,3144.65
"m2.2xlarge",3559.49,3532.31,3553.82
"laptop-sergio",6148.69,6062.91,6129.1
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",727.11,729.02,716.89
"c1.xlarge",7907.95,7320.63,7399.95,7212.21,7258.2,7724.94
"c1.medium",2307.25,2321.57,2345.7
"m1.medium",1511.93,1510.33,1507.46
"m1.large",1873.92,1797.61,1766.94
"m1.xlarge",5614.62,5640.97,5636.49
"m2.2xlarge",6081.01,6181.61,6119.48
"laptop-sergio",11395.11,11419.9,11431.12
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",375.16,373.69,373.03
"c1.xlarge",2496.57,2504.96,2331.09,2462.06
"c1.medium",1487.16,1409.38,1392.69,1371.69,1449.07
"m1.medium",757.33,754.98,757.37
"m1.large",1110.65,1124.31,1108.04
"m1.xlarge",2938.87,2955.99,2948.11
"m2.2xlarge",3212.43,3429.41,3199.28,3496.56,3272.84,3347.19
"laptop-sergio",6053.92,6055.51,6068.74
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",511.67,510.6,513.06
"c1.xlarge",3787.09,3669.69,3677.46
"c1.medium",1432.2,1421.17,1418.53
"m1.medium",1043.72,1043.25,1041.54
"m1.large",1355.63,1339.54,1372.18
"m1.xlarge",3855.23,3863.9,3905.22
"m2.2xlarge",3932.34,3817.31,3796.28
"laptop-sergio",5228.26,5211.64,5316.88
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",3.46,3.41,3.46
"c1.xlarge",32.81,31.93,32.05
"c1.medium",8.14,8.13,8.25
"m1.medium",7.13,7.12,7.07
"m1.large",8.77,8.8,8.83
"m1.xlarge",26.13,26.29,26.21
"m2.2xlarge",26.87,26.03,26.55
"laptop-sergio",39.63,39.36,40.22
"PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 - TPC-B Transactions Per Second",
Higher Results Are Better
"m1.small",316.348031,316.568883,321.67981
"c1.xlarge",955.148632,987.674981,960.872207
"c1.medium",659.054745,638.884021,626.065897
"m1.medium",512.201476,532.194305,528.18645
"m1.large",936.208793,931.874347,957.919934
"m1.xlarge",955.31188,1027.819661,1049.20838,989.873528,973.357597,1020.240127
"m2.2xlarge",1130.19288,1321.002451,1208.0239,1054.782048,1110.977701,1240.522204
"laptop-sergio",254.211586,251.460324,246.381863
"LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 - Test: Rhodopsin Protein",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",189.617,188.68,188.711
"c1.xlarge",84.1914,83.8828,83.9531
"c1.medium",88.5625,87.8281,86.8789
"m1.medium",92.9609,92.4023,91.8867
"m1.large",121.047,121.461,121.703
"m1.xlarge",91.3906,93.0938,99.5547,92.4648,91.8086,91.7148
"m2.2xlarge",71.9961,72.3711,70.9375
"Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",195.58532500267,192.3548169136,193.91848015785
"c1.xlarge",19.862863063812,17.583544015884,17.563830137253,17.882725000381,17.616733074188,17.548234939575
"c1.medium",53.913321018219,53.977674007416,52.622084856033
"m1.medium",95.964001893997,94.329349994659,94.598736047745
"m1.large",68.564524888992,66.433473110199,66.614317893982
"m1.xlarge",25.632806062698,25.207611083984,25.272336006165
"m2.2xlarge",21.237143993378,21.074206113815,20.734902143478
"laptop-sergio",12.349252939224,12.363714933395,12.343057155609
"Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",88.658231973648,89.134523868561,88.601540088654
"c1.xlarge",9.2511811256409,8.9394280910492,9.7538661956787,9.0309109687805,8.7716219425201,8.8797080516815
"c1.medium",27.157784938812,26.956478118896,24.385056972504,27.12425994873,26.696271181107,26.695407152176
"m1.medium",44.505879163742,43.925169944763,44.021916151047
"m1.large",33.19110417366,32.919000148773,33.017415046692
"m1.xlarge",14.351031064987,12.855890989304,13.846382856369,15.010501861572,13.8983938694,13.853955030441
"m2.2xlarge",10.960547924042,11.136240005493,11.075370073318
"laptop-sergio",6.6427590847015,6.6226668357849,6.4936318397522
"Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 - Primate Phylogeny Analysis",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",183.60825800896,184.1604309082,184.77559304237
"c1.xlarge",26.110412120819,26.617947101593,27.799411058426
"c1.medium",91.626803874969,91.069632053375,91.181352853775
"m1.medium",90.949361085892,91.096951961517,90.939517021179
"m1.large",67.231618881226,66.648814916611,66.71200299263
"m1.xlarge",32.940447807312,32.767415046692,32.745549917221
"m2.2xlarge",26.203485012054,25.55908203125,25.15466594696
"laptop-sergio",14.792567014694,14.790825843811,14.78320813179
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",1724.7048430443,1719.0509300232,1717.5545389652
"c1.xlarge",121.66478800774,118.11528897285,117.99920511246
"c1.medium",440.93527197838,446.48238110542,436.93593001366
"m1.medium",853.53601098061,847.45440101624,845.2618060112
"m1.large",585.34555482864,579.6467051506,580.6549038887
"m1.xlarge",224.08490514755,226.39903187752,222.47511005402
"m2.2xlarge",186.84567189217,182.03027415276,185.92617201805
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",774.218,778.393,774.211
"c1.xlarge",47.148,47.25,47.415
"c1.medium",194.883,194.816,194.47
"m1.medium",382.001,380.244,381.082
"m1.large",233.712,234.306,233.665
"m1.xlarge",94.725,94.946,95.453
"m2.2xlarge",74.804,76.621,76.321
"laptop-sergio",53.519,53.495,53.526
"Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 - 256MB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",147.66229104996,146.9105091095,147.510242939
"c1.xlarge",8.96293592453,8.6497349739075,8.2585101127625,8.3388011455536,8.2497088909149,8.4843220710754
"c1.medium",35.113797903061,33.434766054153,33.533648967743
"m1.medium",72.155784130096,72.096693992615,74.177242040634
"m1.large",51.026021957397,50.101074934006,49.798127889633
"m1.xlarge",19.180005073547,18.596607923508,18.751200914383
"m2.2xlarge",16.104224205017,15.495937108994,16.115127801895
"laptop-sergio",9.9330780506134,9.8473269939423,9.6894989013672
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",636,634,635
"c1.xlarge",35,34,34
"c1.medium",141,140,140
"m1.medium",316,314,314
"m1.large",650,649,649
"m1.xlarge",79,78,78
"m2.2xlarge",62,61,61
"laptop-sergio",96,97,98
"LZMA Compression - 256MB File Compression",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",484.77982711792,486.38920688629,481.26451897621
"c1.xlarge",236.80604100227,237.42158508301,237.14587903023
"c1.medium",282.7836728096,279.11214709282,285.56667208672
"m1.medium",246.89658403397,244.84176588058,242.84526801109
"m1.large",370.29989099503,369.05845499039,370.85449695587
"m1.xlarge",240.52505707741,230.51504397392,231.89333796501
"m2.2xlarge",208.92851805687,207.72052001953,208.62485694885
"laptop-sergio",151.31782698631,150.39744901657,150.25920200348
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",66.659952878952,66.295542955399,66.260540008545,66.31457400322,66.52499294281
"c1.xlarge",28.54803109169,28.457390069962,28.39487195015,28.391446113586,28.454391002655
"c1.medium",28.646211862564,28.556212902069,28.536586999893,28.54456114769,28.553443908691
"m1.medium",33.25993180275,32.945399045944,32.860368013382,32.992525815964,32.744755983353
"m1.large",39.611821174622,39.24187707901,39.399302005768,39.235937833786,39.189822912216
"m1.xlarge",32.735288143158,32.58372092247,32.568646907806,32.671502828598,32.600943088531
"m2.2xlarge",24.760277986526,24.595795154572,24.61460018158,24.705195903778,24.629925966263
"laptop-sergio",15.68032002449,15.655212163925,15.661764860153,15.647202014923,15.709603071213
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Bibd",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",563.114659,568.895073,565.40555
"c1.xlarge",231.157425,232.448737,230.863596
"c1.medium",233.541033,233.249556,232.652309
"m1.medium",270.791423,270.573551,273.533437
"m1.large",358.57182,357.824849,356.536211
"m1.xlarge",272.839967,272.768317,275.43845
"m2.2xlarge",206.817516,205.789826,205.470227
"laptop-sergio",131.219447,131.159156,130.416011
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Graceful",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",308.111256,307.193498,309.687901
"c1.xlarge",131.716115,130.901924,130.696833
"c1.medium",130.117921,132.901047,131.713942
"m1.medium",155.922831,156.298994,155.625317
"m1.large",194.372222,194.057091,193.035139
"m1.xlarge",155.898729,148.352285,150.812308
"m2.2xlarge",116.201487,113.599931,115.223751
"laptop-sergio",78.332028,78.279473,78.76796
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Solitaire",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",554.909923,556.851204,556.970068
"c1.xlarge",202.178295,202.339326,202.578709
"c1.medium",207.320364,204.116437,202.536497
"m1.medium",276.640137,272.371338,277.480451
"m1.large",350.455497,352.936329,350.136911
"m1.xlarge",284.856451,279.484057,271.662598
"m2.2xlarge",202.753764,202.088259,200.654864
"laptop-sergio",123.940268,123.777614,123.69376
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Quasigroup",
Lower Results Are Better
"m1.small",685.055393,679.094139,684.457447
"c1.xlarge",277.311949,278.456588,275.74621
"c1.medium",273.99122,276.298115,275.339798
"m1.medium",336.553224,341.90787,348.273733
"m1.large",424.040993,421.968497,421.258047
"m1.xlarge",332.727587,354.652592,343.151421
"m2.2xlarge",248.159577,248.144804,248.609401
"laptop-sergio",176.789301,176.247599,176.279675