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 BenchmarksProcessorMemoryDiskMotherboardChipsetGraphicsNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemSystem LayerDisplay Driverm1.smallm1.mediumm1.largem1.xlargem3.xlargeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.large.ssdIntel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz (1 Core)2048MB8GBAmazon Linux AMI 2013.033.4.43-43.43.amzn1.x86_64 (x86_64)GCC 4.6.3 20120306ext4Xen 3.4.3.amazon HypervisorIntel Xeon E5-2650 0 @ 1.80GHz (1 Core)4096MBIntel Xeon E5645 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores)8192MBIntel Xeon E5430 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores)15360MBIntel Xeon E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores)QEMU Virtual 1.4.1 @ 2.09GHz (8 Cores)OpenStack Foundation Nova v2013.1.4Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC1 x 16384 MB RAM7GBCirrus Logic GD 5446Red Hat Virtio deviceSUSE LINUX 113.0.93-0.5-default (x86_64)cirrus 1.2.1GCC 4.3ext3QEMU 1.4.1QEMU Virtual 0.15.1 @ 3.30GHz (8 Cores)BochsRed Hat Virtio1 x 8192 MB RAM3.0.93-0.8-default (x86_64)QEMU 0.15.1OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- m1.small: --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 - m1.medium: --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 - m1.large: --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 - m1.xlarge: --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 - m3.xlarge: --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 - QEMU Virtual 1.4.1: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-cpu=generic --with-slibdir=/lib64 --without-system-libunwind - m1.large.ssd: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-cpu=generic --with-slibdir=/lib64 --without-system-libunwind System Details- m1.small: Python 2.6.8.- QEMU Virtual 1.4.1: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.- m1.large.ssd: Disk Scheduler: CFQ.Disk Mount Options Details- m1.small, m1.medium, m1.large, m1.xlarge, m3.xlarge: data=ordered,noatime,rwDisk Details- QEMU Virtual 1.4.1, m1.large.ssd: CFQ / acl,barrier=0,data=writeback,errors=continue,relatime,rw,user_xattr

Amazon Linux AMI EC2 Benchmarksx264: H.264 Video Encodinggraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingaio-stress: Rand Writeffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinehimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepostmark: Disk Transaction Performancedolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamicshmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplescrafty: Elapsed Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLACffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVn-queens: Elapsed Timepovray: Total Timem1.smallm1.mediumm1.largem1.xlargem3.xlargeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.large.ssd7.615141035.291244.62320.44252895772333852921.13416128.75248.2997.53821.761685.11802.18206.232669336.8429.64122.541000.52299716.338292059.042509.43758.0543221466671643255.77150354.76116.9142.90360.01812.66429.7580.441286168.4112.4757.46457.55155730.40174533195.962599.04744.23107638606671755644.43160555.5957.5626.64179.52374.75190.5844.50635152.1213.9434.35238.75145048.10285746693.572523.43593.28198981035001822443.23128467.7437.7116.47123.88233.92107.6919.54331169.7514.6028.53114.65162060.823991611766.914203.541268.27207482406672689293.40204932.2828.2711.9497.99211.43125.5318.9726597.607.3719.7198.47933548164695.502156.33330.30478414723333698760.20147416.9012.0577.0977.0711.66155166.7412.9241.1149.49202476128964252.151238.883971140605002082398.47311413.298.4851.1159.119.9511498.267.5621.3848.571011OpenBenchmarking.org

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video Encodingm3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small1428425670SE +/- 0.14, N = 5SE +/- 0.37, N = 5SE +/- 0.17, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.07, N = 560.8248.1030.4016.337.611. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Sharpenm1.large.ssdQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37654392817851. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Resizingm1.large.ssdm3.xlargeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31289181574529141. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholdingm1.large.ssdQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3966461463320101. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

AIO-Stress

Test: Random Write

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterAIO-Stress 0.21Test: Random Writem3.xlargeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small400800120016002000SE +/- 269.82, N = 6SE +/- 15.68, N = 6SE +/- 70.49, N = 6SE +/- 29.60, N = 6SE +/- 3.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.71, N = 31766.91695.50693.57195.9659.0435.291. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -laio

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinem1.large.ssdm3.xlargem1.largem1.xlargem1.mediumQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.small9001800270036004500SE +/- 76.58, N = 3SE +/- 8.15, N = 3SE +/- 11.25, N = 3SE +/- 16.05, N = 3SE +/- 2.36, N = 3SE +/- 57.45, N = 6SE +/- 3.71, N = 34252.154203.542599.042523.432509.432156.331244.62-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt-m64 -O2 -fPIC -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lpthread -lrt1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solverm3.xlargem1.large.ssdm1.mediumm1.largem1.xlargeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.small30060090012001500SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 16.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 2.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 31268.271238.88758.05744.23593.28330.30320.441. (CC) gcc options: -O3

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: BlowfishQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.large.ssdm3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small10002000300040005000SE +/- 16.00, N = 3SE +/- 13.33, N = 3SE +/- 7.00, N = 3SE +/- 60.15, N = 6SE +/- 3.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.98, N = 6478439712074198910764322521. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: Traditional DESm1.smallQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.large.ssdm3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.medium200M400M600M800M1000MSE +/- 12265668.90, N = 6SE +/- 71801.42, N = 3SE +/- 795312.13, N = 6SE +/- 9527.74, N = 3SE +/- 210894.88, N = 6SE +/- 26822.46, N = 3SE +/- 19333.33, N = 3895772333147233331406050082406678103500386066721466671. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7Test: MD5m3.xlargem1.large.ssdm1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.smallQEMU Virtual 1.4.16K12K18K24K30KSE +/- 397.43, N = 5SE +/- 30.05, N = 3SE +/- 44.54, N = 3SE +/- 24.98, N = 3SE +/- 216.04, N = 3SE +/- 131.34, N = 4SE +/- 1.33, N = 32689220823182241755616432852969871. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit Performancem1.large.ssdm3.xlargeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.mediumm1.largem1.xlargem1.small20406080100SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 398.4793.4060.2055.7744.4343.2321.131. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

PostMark

Disk Transaction Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction Performancem1.large.ssdm3.xlargem1.largem1.mediumQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.xlargem1.small7001400210028003500SE +/- 55.99, N = 3SE +/- 17.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 15.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 11.19, N = 63114204916051503147412844161. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Dolfyn

Computational Fluid Dynamics

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterDolfyn 0.527Computational Fluid Dynamicsm3.xlargem1.mediumm1.largem1.xlargem1.small306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 332.2854.7655.5967.74128.75

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Searchm1.large.ssdQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small50100150200250SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 313.2916.9028.2737.7157.56116.91248.291. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence Alignmentm1.large.ssdm3.xlargeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small20406080100SE +/- 0.32, N = 6SE +/- 0.22, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 6SE +/- 0.45, N = 6SE +/- 0.43, N = 4SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 38.4811.9412.0516.4726.6442.9097.531. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To Compilem1.large.ssdQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small2004006008001000SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 5SE +/- 1.67, N = 4SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.68, N = 351.1177.0997.99123.88179.52360.01821.76

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compilem3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small400800120016002000SE +/- 1.48, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 3SE +/- 1.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 3.62, N = 3211.43233.92374.75812.661685.11

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timem1.large.ssdQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.xlargem3.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small2004006008001000SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 359.1177.07107.69125.53190.58429.75802.181. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File Compressionm1.large.ssdQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small50100150200250SE +/- 0.14, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 3.59, N = 49.9511.6618.9719.5444.5080.44206.231. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesm1.large.ssdQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small6001200180024003000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 3.71, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3114155265331635128626691. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp

Crafty

Elapsed Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterCrafty 23.4Elapsed Timem3.xlargem1.large.ssdm1.largeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.mediumm1.xlargem1.small70140210280350SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 397.6098.26152.12166.74168.41169.75336.841. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACm3.xlargem1.large.ssdm1.mediumQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.largem1.xlargem1.small714212835SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.11, N = 10SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 57.377.5612.4712.9213.9414.6029.641. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fvisibility=hidden -lm

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 2.0H.264 HD To NTSC DVm3.xlargem1.large.ssdm1.xlargem1.largeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.mediumm1.small306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 319.7121.3828.5334.3541.1157.46122.541. (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

N-Queens

Elapsed Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterN-Queens 1.0Elapsed Timem1.large.ssdQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m3.xlargem1.xlargem1.largem1.mediumm1.small2004006008001000SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 348.5749.4998.47114.65238.75457.551000.521. (CC) gcc options: -static -fopenmp -O3

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total Timem3.xlargem1.large.ssdm1.largem1.mediumm1.xlargeQEMU Virtual 1.4.1m1.small60012001800240030009331011145015571620202429971. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -O3 -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -malign-double -lz -lm

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