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.

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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.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 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 cluster-nose: Processor: 4 x Intel Xeon E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 64GB Virtual disk + 140GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-40-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: vmware 12.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware cluster-old-sergio: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5E3-WS-Pro, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB Seagate ST3160815AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (459/300MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1988B, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-27-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 6.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 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 VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 2.75 |===== c1.xlarge .......... 15.97 |============================== c1.medium .......... 8.46 |================ m1.medium .......... 5.54 |========== m1.large ........... 6.03 |=========== m1.xlarge .......... 14.58 |=========================== m2.2xlarge ......... 18.22 |================================== cluster-nose ....... 27.38 |=================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 9.63 |================== laptop-sergio ...... 22.92 |=========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 15 |====== c1.xlarge .......... 81 |=============================== c1.medium .......... 49 |=================== m1.medium .......... 30 |=========== m1.large ........... 36 |============== m1.xlarge .......... 61 |======================= m2.2xlarge ......... 78 |============================== cluster-nose ....... 117 |============================================= cluster-old-sergio . 56 |===================== laptop-sergio ...... 139 |===================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 318.20 |============= c1.xlarge .......... 967.90 |======================================== c1.medium .......... 641.33 |=========================== m1.medium .......... 524.19 |====================== m1.large ........... 942.00 |======================================= m1.xlarge .......... 1002.64 |========================================== m2.2xlarge ......... 1177.58 |================================================= cluster-nose ....... 940.78 |======================================= cluster-old-sergio . 147.24 |====== laptop-sergio ...... 250.68 |========== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 15.25 |========= c1.xlarge .......... 34.25 |===================== c1.medium .......... 34.18 |===================== m1.medium .......... 30.48 |================== m1.large ........... 24.83 |=============== m1.xlarge .......... 30.80 |=================== m2.2xlarge ......... 40.88 |========================= cluster-nose ....... 63.10 |====================================== cluster-old-sergio . 10.76 |======= laptop-sergio ...... 84.10 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 25 |======== c1.xlarge .......... 94 |============================== c1.medium .......... 72 |======================= m1.medium .......... 49 |=============== m1.large ........... 52 |================ m1.xlarge .......... 76 |======================== m2.2xlarge ......... 99 |=============================== cluster-nose ....... 137 |=========================================== cluster-old-sergio . 59 |=================== laptop-sergio ...... 168 |===================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 556.24 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 202.37 |================== c1.medium .......... 204.66 |================== m1.medium .......... 275.50 |========================= m1.large ........... 351.18 |================================ m1.xlarge .......... 278.67 |========================= m2.2xlarge ......... 201.83 |================== cluster-nose ....... 171.96 |=============== cluster-old-sergio . 295.86 |=========================== laptop-sergio ...... 123.80 |=========== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 565.81 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 231.49 |==================== c1.medium .......... 233.15 |===================== m1.medium .......... 271.63 |======================== m1.large ........... 357.64 |================================ m1.xlarge .......... 273.68 |======================== m2.2xlarge ......... 206.03 |================== cluster-nose ....... 179.31 |================ cluster-old-sergio . 309.60 |=========================== laptop-sergio ...... 130.93 |============ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 66.41 |=================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 28.45 |====================== c1.medium .......... 28.57 |====================== m1.medium .......... 32.96 |========================= m1.large ........... 39.34 |============================== m1.xlarge .......... 32.63 |========================= m2.2xlarge ......... 24.66 |=================== cluster-nose ....... 19.75 |=============== cluster-old-sergio . 46.49 |==================================== laptop-sergio ...... 15.67 |============ Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 308.33 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 131.10 |===================== c1.medium .......... 131.58 |===================== m1.medium .......... 155.95 |========================= m1.large ........... 193.82 |=============================== m1.xlarge .......... 151.69 |========================= m2.2xlarge ......... 115.01 |=================== cluster-nose ....... 103.71 |================= cluster-old-sergio . 187.87 |============================== laptop-sergio ...... 78.46 |============= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 682.87 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 277.17 |==================== c1.medium .......... 275.21 |==================== m1.medium .......... 342.24 |========================= m1.large ........... 422.42 |=============================== m1.xlarge .......... 343.51 |========================= m2.2xlarge ......... 248.30 |================== cluster-nose ....... 227.82 |================= cluster-old-sergio . 425.90 |=============================== laptop-sergio ...... 176.44 |============= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 371.59 |============= c1.xlarge .......... 727.40 |========================== c1.medium .......... 672.37 |======================== m1.medium .......... 663.67 |======================= m1.large ........... 555.97 |==================== m1.xlarge .......... 717.94 |========================= m2.2xlarge ......... 941.37 |================================= cluster-nose ....... 1117.17 |======================================= cluster-old-sergio . 544.91 |=================== laptop-sergio ...... 1386.10 |================================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 1295.06 |============= c1.xlarge .......... 2863.15 |============================== c1.medium .......... 2962.60 |=============================== m1.medium .......... 2618.34 |=========================== m1.large ........... 2097.56 |====================== m1.xlarge .......... 2602.59 |=========================== m2.2xlarge ......... 3465.06 |==================================== cluster-nose ....... 3743.18 |======================================= cluster-old-sergio . 1663.20 |================= laptop-sergio ...... 4728.21 |================================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 484.14 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 237.12 |======================== c1.medium .......... 282.49 |============================= m1.medium .......... 244.86 |========================= m1.large ........... 370.07 |====================================== m1.xlarge .......... 234.31 |======================== m2.2xlarge ......... 208.42 |====================== cluster-nose ....... 186.96 |=================== cluster-old-sergio . 313.73 |================================ laptop-sergio ...... 150.66 |================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 373.96 |== c1.xlarge .......... 2448.67 |=========== c1.medium .......... 1422.00 |======= m1.medium .......... 756.56 |==== m1.large ........... 1114.33 |===== m1.xlarge .......... 2947.66 |============== m2.2xlarge ......... 3326.29 |=============== cluster-nose ....... 10335.76 |================================================ cluster-old-sergio . 2095.51 |========== laptop-sergio ...... 6059.39 |============================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 775.61 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 47.27 |=== c1.medium .......... 194.72 |============= m1.medium .......... 381.11 |========================= m1.large ........... 233.89 |=============== m1.xlarge .......... 95.04 |====== m2.2xlarge ......... 75.92 |===== cluster-nose ....... 32.51 |== cluster-old-sergio . 112.46 |======= laptop-sergio ...... 53.51 |=== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 397.97 |== c1.xlarge .......... 4107.67 |====================== c1.medium .......... 1316.97 |======= m1.medium .......... 808.74 |==== m1.large ........... 1194.93 |====== m1.xlarge .......... 3111.62 |================= m2.2xlarge ......... 3548.54 |=================== cluster-nose ....... 9178.12 |================================================= cluster-old-sergio . 2699.22 |============== laptop-sergio ...... 6113.57 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 9.36 |== c1.xlarge .......... 161.52 |====================================== c1.medium .......... 39.16 |========= m1.medium .......... 18.94 |==== m1.large ........... 30.47 |======= m1.xlarge .......... 75.88 |================== m2.2xlarge ......... 96.42 |====================== cluster-nose ....... 214.70 |================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 67.08 |================ laptop-sergio ...... 210.55 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 724.34 |== c1.xlarge .......... 7470.65 |======================= c1.medium .......... 2324.84 |======= m1.medium .......... 1509.91 |===== m1.large ........... 1812.82 |===== m1.xlarge .......... 5630.69 |================= m2.2xlarge ......... 6127.37 |=================== cluster-nose ....... 15895.39 |================================================ cluster-old-sergio . 4198.46 |============= laptop-sergio ...... 11415.38 |================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 147.36 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 8.49 |=== c1.medium .......... 34.03 |============ m1.medium .......... 72.81 |========================= m1.large ........... 50.31 |================= m1.xlarge .......... 18.84 |====== m2.2xlarge ......... 15.91 |===== cluster-nose ....... 6.80 |== cluster-old-sergio . 17.33 |====== laptop-sergio ...... 9.82 |=== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 511.78 |== c1.xlarge .......... 3711.41 |================= c1.medium .......... 1423.97 |====== m1.medium .......... 1042.84 |===== m1.large ........... 1355.78 |====== m1.xlarge .......... 3874.78 |================= m2.2xlarge ......... 3848.64 |================= cluster-nose ....... 10694.54 |================================================ cluster-old-sergio . 2353.70 |=========== laptop-sergio ...... 5252.26 |======================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 3.44 |== c1.xlarge .......... 32.26 |======================= c1.medium .......... 8.17 |====== m1.medium .......... 7.11 |===== m1.large ........... 8.80 |====== m1.xlarge .......... 26.21 |=================== m2.2xlarge ......... 26.48 |=================== cluster-nose ....... 70.25 |=================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 13.22 |========== laptop-sergio ...... 39.74 |============================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 189.00 |========================================================== c1.xlarge .. 84.01 |========================== c1.medium .. 87.76 |=========================== m1.medium .. 92.42 |============================ m1.large ... 121.40 |===================================== m1.xlarge .. 93.34 |============================= m2.2xlarge . 71.77 |====================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 7.84 |=== c1.xlarge .......... 98.06 |================================ c1.medium .......... 25.85 |======== m1.medium .......... 16.01 |===== m1.large ........... 21.89 |======= m1.xlarge .......... 54.22 |================== m2.2xlarge ......... 66.13 |====================== cluster-nose ....... 153.60 |================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 45.74 |=============== laptop-sergio ...... 125.73 |========================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 265 |=== c1.xlarge .......... 4500 |============================================== c1.medium .......... 1176 |============ m1.medium .......... 536 |===== m1.large ........... 847 |========= m1.xlarge .......... 2153 |====================== m2.2xlarge ......... 2681 |=========================== cluster-nose ....... 5119 |==================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 2187 |====================== laptop-sergio ...... 4976 |=================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 635 |==================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 34 |=== c1.medium .......... 140 |=========== m1.medium .......... 315 |========================== m1.large ........... 649 |===================================================== m1.xlarge .......... 78 |====== m2.2xlarge ......... 61 |===== cluster-nose ....... 90 |======= cluster-old-sergio . 336 |=========================== laptop-sergio ...... 97 |======== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 193.95 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 18.01 |===== c1.medium .......... 53.50 |============== m1.medium .......... 94.96 |======================== m1.large ........... 67.20 |================= m1.xlarge .......... 25.37 |======= m2.2xlarge ......... 21.02 |===== cluster-nose ....... 10.81 |=== cluster-old-sergio . 31.94 |======== laptop-sergio ...... 12.35 |=== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 187.33 |=== c1.xlarge .......... 933.49 |============== c1.medium .......... 569.42 |========= m1.medium .......... 385.85 |====== m1.large ........... 496.85 |======== m1.xlarge .......... 1409.64 |====================== m2.2xlarge ......... 1408.46 |====================== cluster-nose ....... 3170.82 |================================================= cluster-old-sergio . 1104.53 |================= laptop-sergio ...... 2488.63 |====================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 1600.37 |=== c1.xlarge .......... 9313.08 |================= c1.medium .......... 7069.83 |============= m1.medium .......... 2876.77 |===== m1.large ........... 5041.58 |========= m1.xlarge .......... 9775.67 |================== m2.2xlarge ......... 12736.50 |======================= cluster-nose ....... 19956.81 |==================================== cluster-old-sergio . 10407.93 |=================== laptop-sergio ...... 26348.42 |================================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 88.80 |=================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 9.10 |===== c1.medium .......... 26.50 |=============== m1.medium .......... 44.15 |========================= m1.large ........... 33.04 |=================== m1.xlarge .......... 13.97 |======== m2.2xlarge ......... 11.06 |====== cluster-nose ....... 5.70 |=== cluster-old-sergio . 14.89 |========= laptop-sergio ...... 6.59 |==== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ... 1720.44 |========================================================= c1.xlarge .. 119.26 |==== c1.medium .. 441.45 |=============== m1.medium .. 848.75 |============================ m1.large ... 581.88 |=================== m1.xlarge .. 224.32 |======= m2.2xlarge . 184.93 |====== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 5 |==== c1.xlarge .......... 46 |=================================== c1.medium .......... 17 |============= m1.medium .......... 9 |======= m1.large ........... 12 |========= m1.xlarge .......... 26 |==================== m2.2xlarge ......... 34 |========================== cluster-nose ....... 60 |============================================== cluster-old-sergio . 41 |================================ laptop-sergio ...... 70 |====================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 5 |==== c1.xlarge .......... 45 |=================================== c1.medium .......... 18 |============== m1.medium .......... 9 |======= m1.large ........... 13 |========== m1.xlarge .......... 27 |===================== m2.2xlarge ......... 35 |=========================== cluster-nose ....... 61 |================================================ cluster-old-sergio . 30 |======================= laptop-sergio ...... 69 |====================================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ........... 184.18 |================================================== c1.xlarge .......... 26.84 |======= c1.medium .......... 91.29 |========================= m1.medium .......... 91.00 |========================= m1.large ........... 66.86 |================== m1.xlarge .......... 32.82 |========= m2.2xlarge ......... 25.64 |======= cluster-nose ....... 15.42 |==== cluster-old-sergio . 38.69 |=========== laptop-sergio ...... 14.79 |==== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ........... 11 |===== c1.xlarge .......... 59 |============================ c1.medium .......... 36 |================= m1.medium .......... 22 |========== m1.large ........... 27 |============= m1.xlarge .......... 45 |===================== m2.2xlarge ......... 59 |============================ cluster-nose ....... 90 |========================================== cluster-old-sergio . 46 |====================== laptop-sergio ...... 113 |=====================================================