Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com comparing various Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud instances. All benchmarks done by Phoronix-Test-Suite.com and OpenBenchmarking.org. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks Processor Memory Disk OS Kernel Compiler File-System System Layer m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core) 2048MB 8GB Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64) GCC 4.6.3 20120306 ext4 Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (1 Core) 4096MB Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores) 8192MB Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores) 15360MB Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-amazon-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-tune=generic System Details - m1.small: Python 2.6.8. Disk Mount Options Details - data=ordered,noatime,rw
Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarks hmmer: Pfam Database Search build-imagemagick: Time To Compile x264: H.264 Video Encoding build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile graphics-magick: Sharpen c-ray: Total Time graphics-magick: Resizing ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DV graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance encode-flac: WAV To FLAC dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver crafty: Elapsed Time ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine povray: Total Time john-the-ripper: MD5 compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression n-queens: Elapsed Time smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: Blowfish mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment postmark: Disk Transaction Performance aio-stress: Rand Write m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 248.29 821.76 7.61 1685.11 5 802.18 14 122.54 10 21.13 29.64 128.75 320.44 336.84 1244.62 2997 8529 206.23 1000.52 2669 895772333 252 97.53 416 35.29 116.91 360.01 16.33 812.66 8 429.75 29 57.46 20 55.77 12.47 54.76 758.05 168.41 2509.43 1557 16432 80.44 457.55 1286 2146667 432 42.90 1503 59.04 57.56 179.52 30.40 374.75 17 190.58 45 34.35 33 44.43 13.94 55.59 744.23 152.12 2599.04 1450 17556 44.50 238.75 635 3860667 1076 26.64 1605 195.96 37.71 123.88 48.10 233.92 28 107.69 57 28.53 46 43.23 14.60 67.74 593.28 169.75 2523.43 1620 18224 19.54 114.65 331 8103500 1989 16.47 1284 693.57 28.27 97.99 60.82 211.43 39 125.53 91 19.71 61 93.40 7.37 32.28 1268.27 97.60 4203.54 933 26892 18.97 98.47 265 8240667 2074 11.94 2049 1766.91 OpenBenchmarking.org
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 248.29 116.91 57.56 37.71 28.27 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 4 821.76 360.01 179.52 123.88 97.99
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.17, N = 5 SE +/- 0.37, N = 5 SE +/- 0.14, N = 5 7.61 16.33 30.40 48.10 60.82 1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 3.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 1.21, N = 3 SE +/- 1.34, N = 3 SE +/- 1.48, N = 3 1685.11 812.66 374.75 233.92 211.43
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 5 8 17 28 39 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 802.18 429.75 190.58 107.69 125.53 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 14 29 45 57 91 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
FFmpeg H.264 HD To NTSC DV OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 122.54 57.46 34.35 28.53 19.71 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread -lrt -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 10 20 33 46 61 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 21.13 55.77 44.43 43.23 93.40 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 29.64 12.47 13.94 14.60 7.37 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm
Dolfyn Computational Fluid Dynamics OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 128.75 54.76 55.59 67.74 32.28
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 320.44 758.05 744.23 593.28 1268.27 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Crafty Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 336.84 168.41 152.12 169.75 97.60 1. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 900 1800 2700 3600 4500 SE +/- 3.71, N = 3 SE +/- 2.36, N = 3 SE +/- 11.25, N = 3 SE +/- 16.05, N = 3 SE +/- 8.15, N = 3 1244.62 2509.43 2599.04 2523.43 4203.54 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -m64 -O2 -fPIC -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt
POV-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 2997 1557 1450 1620 933 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -O3 -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -malign-double -lz -lm
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 131.34, N = 4 SE +/- 216.04, N = 3 SE +/- 24.98, N = 3 SE +/- 44.54, N = 3 SE +/- 397.43, N = 5 8529 16432 17556 18224 26892 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 3.59, N = 4 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 4 206.23 80.44 44.50 19.54 18.97 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread
N-Queens Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 1000.52 457.55 238.75 114.65 98.47 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -fopenmp -O3
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 1.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 2669 1286 635 331 265 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 200M 400M 600M 800M 1000M SE +/- 12265668.90, N = 6 SE +/- 19333.33, N = 3 SE +/- 26822.46, N = 3 SE +/- 210894.88, N = 6 SE +/- 9527.74, N = 3 895772333 2146667 3860667 8103500 8240667 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 3.98, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.67, N = 3 SE +/- 60.15, N = 6 SE +/- 7.00, N = 3 252 432 1076 1989 2074 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 4 SE +/- 0.45, N = 6 SE +/- 0.22, N = 6 97.53 42.90 26.64 16.47 11.94 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
PostMark Disk Transaction Performance OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 11.19, N = 6 SE +/- 3.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.00, N = 3 SE +/- 17.00, N = 3 416 1503 1605 1284 2049 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
AIO-Stress Test: Random Write OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write m1.small m1.medium m1.large m1.xlarge m3.xlarge 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 SE +/- 3.79, N = 6 SE +/- 29.60, N = 6 SE +/- 70.49, N = 6 SE +/- 269.82, N = 6 35.29 59.04 195.96 693.57 1766.91 1. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio
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