Amazon Linux AMI EC2 vs. Intel Hardware Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com comparing various Amazon EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud instances against a couple Intel Ivy Bridge and Haswell platforms. All benchmarks done by Phoronix-Test-Suite.com and OpenBenchmarking.org. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. m1.small: Processor: Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core), Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.medium: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (1 Core), Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.large: Processor: Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m1.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor m3.xlarge: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 8GB OS: Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03, Kernel: 3.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.6.3 20120306, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen 3.4.3.amazon Hypervisor Core i3 3217U IvyBridge: Processor: Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K56CA v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core (1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC270, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69), Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Core i7 4750HQ Haswell: Processor: Intel Core i7-4750HQ @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Galago UltraPro, Chipset: Intel Crystal Well DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDMCEAC12, Graphics: Intel Crystal Well IGP (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: intel 2.21.14, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 35.29 |= m1.medium ............... 59.04 |= m1.large ................ 195.96 |===== m1.xlarge ............... 693.57 |================= m3.xlarge ............... 1766.91 |============================================ Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 58.70 |= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 874.01 |====================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 416 |==== m1.medium ............... 1503 |=============== m1.large ................ 1605 |================ m1.xlarge ............... 1284 |============= m3.xlarge ............... 2049 |===================== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 2124 |====================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 4573 |=============================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 128.75 |============================================= m1.medium ............... 54.76 |=================== m1.large ................ 55.59 |=================== m1.xlarge ............... 67.74 |======================== m3.xlarge ............... 32.28 |=========== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 51.62 |================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 25.59 |========= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 1244.62 |=========== m1.medium ............... 2509.43 |====================== m1.large ................ 2599.04 |======================= m1.xlarge ............... 2523.43 |====================== m3.xlarge ............... 4203.54 |===================================== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 2717.60 |======================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 4962.37 |============================================ Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 248.29 |============================================= m1.medium ............... 116.91 |===================== m1.large ................ 57.56 |========== m1.xlarge ............... 37.71 |======= m3.xlarge ............... 28.27 |===== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 39.68 |======= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 11.59 |== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 97.53 |============================================== m1.medium ............... 42.90 |==================== m1.large ................ 26.64 |============= m1.xlarge ............... 16.47 |======== m3.xlarge ............... 11.94 |====== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 18.81 |========= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 5.76 |=== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 252 |== m1.medium ............... 432 |==== m1.large ................ 1076 |========= m1.xlarge ............... 1989 |================= m3.xlarge ............... 2074 |================== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 1454 |============= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 5406 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 895772333 |========================================== m1.medium ............... 2146667 | m1.large ................ 3860667 | m1.xlarge ............... 8103500 | m3.xlarge ............... 8240667 | Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 2443667 | Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 8388000 | John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 8529 |=========== m1.medium ............... 16432 |====================== m1.large ................ 17556 |======================== m1.xlarge ............... 18224 |========================= m3.xlarge ............... 26892 |==================================== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 18672 |========================= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 34124 |============================================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 7.61 |== m1.medium ............... 16.33 |===== m1.large ................ 30.40 |========= m1.xlarge ............... 48.10 |============== m3.xlarge ............... 60.82 |================== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 40.81 |============ Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 151.73 |============================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 5 |==== m1.medium ............... 8 |====== m1.large ................ 17 |============ m1.xlarge ............... 28 |==================== m3.xlarge ............... 39 |============================ Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 25 |================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 69 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 14 |===== m1.medium ............... 29 |========== m1.large ................ 45 |================ m1.xlarge ............... 57 |==================== m3.xlarge ............... 91 |=============================== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 60 |===================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 139 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 10 |===== m1.medium ............... 20 |========= m1.large ................ 33 |=============== m1.xlarge ............... 46 |===================== m3.xlarge ............... 61 |============================ Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 41 |=================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 106 |================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 320.44 |========= m1.medium ............... 758.05 |====================== m1.large ................ 744.23 |===================== m1.xlarge ............... 593.28 |================= m3.xlarge ............... 1268.27 |===================================== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 784.96 |======================= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 1525.08 |============================================ Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 821.76 |============================================= m1.medium ............... 360.01 |==================== m1.large ................ 179.52 |========== m1.xlarge ............... 123.88 |======= m3.xlarge ............... 97.99 |===== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 205.80 |=========== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 56.09 |=== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 1685.11 |============================================ m1.medium ............... 812.66 |===================== m1.large ................ 374.75 |========== m1.xlarge ............... 233.92 |====== m3.xlarge ............... 211.43 |====== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 356.83 |========= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 88.11 |== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 802.18 |============================================= m1.medium ............... 429.75 |======================== m1.large ................ 190.58 |=========== m1.xlarge ............... 107.69 |====== m3.xlarge ............... 125.53 |======= Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 114.46 |====== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 28.32 |== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 206.23 |============================================= m1.medium ............... 80.44 |================== m1.large ................ 44.50 |========== m1.xlarge ............... 19.54 |==== m3.xlarge ............... 18.97 |==== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 31.51 |======= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 7.92 |== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 2669 |=============================================== m1.medium ............... 1286 |======================= m1.large ................ 635 |=========== m1.xlarge ............... 331 |====== m3.xlarge ............... 265 |===== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 360 |====== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 102 |== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 336.84 |============================================= m1.medium ............... 168.41 |====================== m1.large ................ 152.12 |==================== m1.xlarge ............... 169.75 |======================= m3.xlarge ............... 97.60 |============= Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 156.79 |===================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 82.03 |=========== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 29.64 |============================================== m1.medium ............... 12.47 |=================== m1.large ................ 13.94 |====================== m1.xlarge ............... 14.60 |======================= m3.xlarge ............... 7.37 |=========== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 10.76 |================= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 5.60 |========= FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 122.54 |============================================= m1.medium ............... 57.46 |===================== m1.large ................ 34.35 |============= m1.xlarge ............... 28.53 |========== m3.xlarge ............... 19.71 |======= Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 30.88 |=========== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 1000.52 |============================================ m1.medium ............... 457.55 |==================== m1.large ................ 238.75 |========== m1.xlarge ............... 114.65 |===== m3.xlarge ............... 98.47 |==== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 164.90 |======= Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 47.26 |== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better m1.small ................ 2997 |=============================================== m1.medium ............... 1557 |======================== m1.large ................ 1450 |======================= m1.xlarge ............... 1620 |========================= m3.xlarge ............... 933 |=============== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 1414 |====================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 744 |============ OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better m1.small ................ 21.13 |======== m1.medium ............... 55.77 |===================== m1.large ................ 44.43 |================ m1.xlarge ............... 43.23 |================ m3.xlarge ............... 93.40 |================================== Core i3 3217U IvyBridge . 60.17 |====================== Core i7 4750HQ Haswell .. 121.83 |=============================================