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 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 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 |================================ cluster-old-sergio . 1104.53 |====================================== 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 |================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 67.08 |===================== 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 |================================================= cluster-old-sergio . 2699.22 |================================ 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 |================================================= cluster-old-sergio . 4198.46 |============================ 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 |==================================== cluster-old-sergio . 2095.51 |=============================== 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 |=============================================== cluster-old-sergio . 2353.70 |============================== 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 |=================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 13.22 |===================== 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 |======================================== cluster-old-sergio . 1663.20 |======================== 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 |===== cluster-old-sergio . 31.94 |======== 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 |===== cluster-old-sergio . 14.89 |========= 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 |======= cluster-old-sergio . 38.69 |=========== 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 |==================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 2187 |========================= 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 |============================================= cluster-old-sergio . 9.63 |=========================== 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 |=================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 45.74 |======================== 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 |====================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 46 |========================================== 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 |====================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 41 |================================================ 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 |====================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 56 |===================================== 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 |=================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 59 |================================ 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 |====================================================== cluster-old-sergio . 30 |==================================== 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 |======================================= cluster-old-sergio . 544.91 |============================= 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 |=== cluster-old-sergio . 112.46 |======= 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 |=== cluster-old-sergio . 17.33 |====== 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 |=== cluster-old-sergio . 336 |=========================== 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 |======================== cluster-old-sergio . 313.73 |================================ 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 |====================== cluster-old-sergio . 46.49 |==================================== 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 |==================== cluster-old-sergio . 309.60 |=========================== 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 |===================== cluster-old-sergio . 187.87 |============================== 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 |================== cluster-old-sergio . 295.86 |=========================== 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 |==================== cluster-old-sergio . 425.90 |=============================== 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 |=========================================== cluster-old-sergio . 10.76 |============= 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 |======================================== cluster-old-sergio . 147.24 |====== 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 |=================================== cluster-old-sergio . 10407.93 |=======================================